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Countries under pressure to fork out for nature at UN conference
Thousands of delegates from around the world are descending on Colombia for a summit on halting humankind's rapacious ...
Fungi deserve same protections as plants and animals, conservationists argue
Fungi are the “firmament of life on Earth,” experts say but don’t get equivalent protections of plants and animals ...
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Indigenous territories & peoples are key to achieving COP16’s 30×30 target (commentary)
It is time to recognize that the Western conservation model has serious historical flaws and cannot achieve global targets ...
‘The Paris Agreement for nature’: Can COP16 move countries to protect 30% of land and water by 2030?
The whole world will be watching to see how the EU delivers on its global commitments, Greenpeace says.View on euronews ...
UN biodiversity conference focuses on whether worldwide efforts to protect land, water are working
Twenty-three targets will be discussed including cutting food waste and preventing the introduction of invasive species.
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COP16: What’s on the agenda at this year’s biodiversity talks?
COP16 is the 16th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations’ Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), a treaty ...
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States urged to strengthen human rights protections in Global Biodiversity Framework
On the eve of the COP16 biodiversity summit, set for October 21 to November 1 in Cali, Colombia, Amnesty International called Thursday for states to strengthen human rights protection in the Global ...
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LSE Academics prepare for COP16 of the Convention on Biological Diversity
LSE Roundtable on Global Biodiversity Finance and Digital Sequence Information: Preparing for COP16 in Cali, Colombia. 27-28 September 2024 From 21 October 2024 to 1 November 2024 the 16 th Conference ...
Few countries have drawn up nature protection plans: UN
Fewer than 15 percent of countries have submitted plans to slow the destruction of nature ahead of a global biodiversity ...
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COP16: Aligning biodiversity with human rights and climate action
The choices and actions taken at COP16 in Colombia will impact the biodiversity crisis and its link to the climate emergency.
Colombia’s Caribbean islands on front line of war on climate change
As representatives of the signatories to the Convention on Biological Diversity prepare to meet in Colombia, residents of ...
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UN biodiversity convention: EU reaffirms global pledge to protect a third of the planet by 2030
The Council approved conclusions in view of the UN meeting on biological diversity (COP16) to be held in Colombia from 21 October to 1 November 2024.