COP16 also saw unprecedented participation from the public, including in the CBD’s first Green Zone in Cali. “One of Colombia ...

Although the COP16 summit in Colombia ended with some important agreements, countries still aren’t moving fast enough to stem ...

The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, or COP16, ended on Nov. 2. Several days before delegations from 177 ...

Regarding the equitable sharing of benefits from the use of genetic resource sequencing (DSI), corporations and companies using these resources agreed to make voluntary contributions to a global fund ...

As the UN COP16 on biodiversity meets in Calì, Colombia, experts from McGill University are on-site, providing important input into the global conversation. These experts have been instrumental in ...

A United Nations summit on biodiversity that aimed to halt the collapse of nature has ended largely in disappointment as countries failed to present plans on how to save the natural world or to reach ...

Home to diverse ecosystems like primary forests, peatlands and mangroves, Africa nevertheless faces severe biodiversity ...

While significant progress was made on the issues of genetic resources and indigenous peoples, negotiations failed to reach ...

The outcome left African and Latin American nations furious and prompted some to refuse to engage on other biodiversity ...

The two-week conference was suspended before a crucial agreement on funding for a new global fund for nature. However, ...

The world is charging towards tipping points for species extinctions, ecosystem collapse and loss of genetic diversity.

The international UN conference on biodiversity attempts to achieve key agreements, and fulfill prior ones ANALYSIS | ...