As world falls behind on U.N. wildlife targets, bright spots offer hope

FILE PHOTO: A three month old snow leopard cub is seen at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Illinois, September 18, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - All the world's governments have fallen short on pledges made a decade ago to protect wildlife, though cases of conservation show that the destruction of nature can be slowed, and even reversed, according to a U.N. report published on Tuesday.

The report outlined recommendations for far-reaching changes in sectors from farming to urban planning, and a rapid phase-out of the fossil fuels driving climate change, to help save a million species scientists say are at risk of extinction.