Delegates at the UN biodiversity conference have adopted new global goals for 2030, including a pledge to protect at least 30 percent of the world's land and seas.

Participants from more than 190 countries and regions on Monday adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at the conference, known as COP 15.

The meeting has been underway in Montreal, Canada, since December 7. Kunming is the Chinese city where the conference was originally to be held two years ago.

The 23-point framework includes a call for reducing the rates of invasive alien species by at least 50 percent.

It also urges participants to ensure fair distribution of benefits from the commercial use of genetic information.

As for the issue of financing, which has divided rich and developing nations, the framework sets a goal that the public and private sectors will provide 200 billion dollars or more annually for conservation initiatives.

A new fund exclusively for protecting biodiversity will be created next year at an international body supporting developing nations tackling environmental issues.

Meanwhile, companies will not be obliged to monitor their impact on biodiversity and disclose the data.

About one million species are said to be facing extinction.

In 2010, the UN adopted the 20-point Aichi Biodiversity Targets. But none of them had been fully achieved by 2020.

As the new goals are non-binding, the participating parties' commitment to meeting the targets remains in question.