COP16: What is biodiversity and how are we protecting it?
At the UN's COP15 summit on biodiversity in December 2022, countries reached an "historic" agreement to protect 30% of ...
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Crisis facing nature takes centre stage at UN summit
In 1992, 150 nations signed the Convention on Biological Diversity, a global agreement to support sustainable development by ...
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Dr Blanca Huertas: Revealing the collection’s secrets, one butterfly at a time
Ahead of COP16, we sat down with our butterfly expert to talk about her life, career and the power of perspectives.
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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 ...
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 ...
Global biodiversity report shows "catastrophic decline" in wildlife populations
A shocking new report on global biodiversity is detailing what it calls "a catastrophic decline" in wildlife populations ...
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Efforts to combat deforestation in Colombia lag because of armed groups, report finds
Armed groups operating in Colombia’s Amazon are tightening their grip on the region and that’s stalling government efforts to tackle deforestation, according to ...
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Statement International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Today, much of the world continues to recover from the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused extreme poverty to rise in 2020 for the first time in decades.
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Hamas leader, Israel’s ‘most wanted,’ is dead. What happens to war in Gaza?
The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is the heaviest blow the Islamic militant group has endured in a year of war in Gaza.
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What Indigenous leaders want from the COP16 U.N. biodiversity conference
From Oct. 21 to Nov. 1, Indigenous and local community leaders from around the world will gather at the latest U.N.
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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From Farms to Hills: How DAS Solar Shapes a Sustainable Future with DAS ECO Solutions
With the increasing urgency of global clean transition and carbon neutrality, the solar industry is exploring diversified development models. By combining solar power generation with agriculture, ...