UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia with calls for action, finance
CALI, Colombia: The world's biggest nature protection conference opened in Colombia on Monday (Oct 21) with calls for urgent action and financing to reverse humankind's rapacious destruction of biodiversity. With about a million known species worldwide estimated to be at risk of extinction, Colombian Env
UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia with calls for action, finance
CALI, Colombia: The world's biggest nature protection conference opened in Colombia on Monday (Oct 21) with calls for urgent action and financing to reverse humankind's rapacious destruction of biodiv
COP16 Biodiversity Summit: How Nations Are Tackling Global Biodiversity Loss and Species Extinction
Countries gather at COP16 to review progress on biodiversity protection and safeguarding endangered species.
The Latest UN Biodiversity Summit Opens In Colombia; Here’s What’s At Stake
21 October 2024
COP16: Indigenous Colombians support ‘Biodiversity Action Plan’ to 2030
About 2,000 Indeginous people from southwest Colombia marched in support of the government's agenda for the summit. Colombia has included Indigenous and Afro-descendant groups in the elaboration of the ‘Biodiversity Action Plan’. Among the groups is the CRIC.
UN biodiversity summit hears appeals for action, money to save nature
The world's biggest nature protection conference opened in Colombia on Monday with calls for urgent action and financing to reverse humankind's rapacious destruction of biodiversity.
COP16: Indigenous Colombians supprt ‘Biodiversity Action Plan’ to 2030
About 2,000 Indeginous people from southwest Colombia marched in support of the government's agenda for the summit. Colombia has included Indigenous and Afro-descendant groups in the elaboration of the ‘Biodiversity Action Plan’. Among the groups is the CRIC.
Investors Wake To Threat Of Biodiversity Risk
The majority of companies have so far sat on the sidelines when it comes to embracing the concept of biodiversity risk. But that’s all about to change.
The Money Is There To Meet Global Biodiversity Targets: CAN COP16 Expectations
Cali, Colombia, October 21 2024 - Finance is the big focus at the next round of crucial UN biodiversity talks taking place in Cali, Colombia over the next two weeks. A pivotal moment for advancing global efforts on biodiversity, climate and social justice goals, it’s the first Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of the Parties (CBD COP16) since the landmark Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework was adopted in 2022 following a series of delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Massive biodiversity data collection improves ecosystem predictions
A team at the University of Córdoba verifies that large biodiversity databases, in which citizens record observations of flora, are capable of calibrating joint species distribution models, even when ...
UN summit seeks reversal of humankind’s rapacious destruction of biodiversity
COP16 president Susana Muhamad says a million known species worldwide are estimated to be at risk of extinction.
Review of global conservation policies reveals equity key to combating biodiversity loss
New research reveals major global conservation policies lack clarity and thoroughness in how they deal with equity.
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