As Colombia hosts a UN biodiversity summit, its own Amazonian rainforest is in crisis

Colombia hosts 18% of the world's bird species – more than any other country. Ariboen / shutterstock

The city of Cali, in Colombia, is hosting the UN’s 16th biodiversity summit, known as Cop16. The summit, which runs until Friday, November 1, is focused on how countries will fulfil previous pledges to protect at least 30% of the world’s land and water and restore 30% of degraded ecosystems by 2030.

It’s a noble aim, yet Colombia itself shows just how far we have to go.