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 ...

Small-scale fishers play a fundamental role in feeding people--they use sustainable methods of catching and processing fish products and are a significant force in the employment and livelihoods of ...

A series of pages related to IIED's activities around the 16th Convention on Biological Diversity conference (COP16) IIED ...

At the United Nations biodiversity summit in Colombia, negotiators struggle to find common ground on key issues, such as how ...

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

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

The U.N. Biodiversity Summit, also known as COP16, is underway in Cali, Colombia. For more than two years, China held the position of COP15 president, leaving behind a legacy of a historic global ...

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

From protecting genetic data to failing to make action plans to conserve biodiversity, COP16 has been a mixed bag of successes and pitfalls ...

Biodiversity loss is an expensive problem, but some interventions don't have to be costly for consumers and society ...

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

After two weeks of negotiations, delegates on Saturday agreed at the United Nations conference on biodiversity to establish a ...