Crunch UN talks on ways to "halt and reverse" species loss by 2030 have made "very good progress," officials said Friday, as the summit in Colombia marked its halfway point. The 16th Conference of the ...

On Sunday, UN chief Antonio Guterres urged countries to "convert words into action" and fatten the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) created last year to meet the UN targets. So far, countries ...

Two years after reaching a global agreement to halt and reverse rapid biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse, countries are convening in Colombia this week to continue mapping out how exactly ...

Nigeria has launched a national Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) to unlock private-sector financing for nature ...

In a world where as many as half of animal species are "sliding towards extinction," an important United Nations meeting on biodiversity this week could hold a key to protecting nature's richness ...

The United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (UNVMC), with support from the Climate Security Mechanism, convened a high-level side event during the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference, also known ...

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Global environmental leaders gathered Monday in Cali, Colombia, to assess the world's plummeting biodiversity levels and commitments by countries to protect plants, animals and ...

The United Nations biodiversity summit concluded in early November, with faith groups applauding its establishment of a permanent body for Indigenous peoples in conservation matters. The 12-day ...

Two years after reaching a historic biodiversity agreement, countries will gather next week to determine whether they are making progress on efforts to save Earth’s plant and animal life. The ...

The COP16 summit comes as Brazil and other Latin American countries struggle to emerge from one of the worst wildfire seasons in years - Copyright AFP/File Raul ...

The world's biggest nature protection conference opened in Colombia on Monday with calls for urgent action and financing to reverse humankind's rapacious destruction of biodiversity. With about a ...