Tomorrow is the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) 2025, a day set aside to raise awareness about the importance of biodiversity and its preservation is celebrated on May 22 every ...

Delegates from nearly 200 countries are gathering in Canada to try to fix humanity's relationship with nature. The convention comes during an emerging extinction crisis.

By Stephen Asante, GNA Special Correspondent, Beijing, ChinaBeijing, July 02, GNA – Building a shared future for all life on earth is one of the cardinal aspirations of the People’s Republic of China.

The meeting is known as COP15, because it’s the 15th conference of the parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Ultimately, its goal is a new 10-year agreement that would enable the ...

She is the executive secretary of the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity, which is expected to gather in Canada this week. Madam Secretary, thank you so much for talking with us. I do hope we ...

COP15 brings together nations party to another major treaty called the Convention on Biological Diversity. I know this is a lot of jargon, but these agreements are worth understanding.

The Rio conventions established a new global multilateral system to address biodiversity loss and climate change via a series of Conferences of the Parties to the convention, or CoPs.

Item 1 of 2 People walk through the Valle del Pacifico event center, ahead of the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Summit (COP16), in Cali, Colombia October 20, 2024.

This week, the Convention is meeting in Cali, Colombia, for an event known as COP16. Its members — governments from more than 190 countries — are negotiating plans for protecting forests and ...

Delegates from 196 countries at the UN biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia, approved on Friday a permanent body to represent Indigenous interests under the convention. Representatives from ...