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New report reveals that targets to save 30% of the ocean by 2030 aren’t being met

The world is gathering in Colombia for the UN biodiversity conference known as Cop16, a biannual pulse-taking of the living planet where actions to protect the natural world are agreed. At its last meeting in 2022, an ambitious roadmap for nature protection was put in place. As part of that…

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Global Leaders Meet In Colombia To Address Biodiversity Crisis

COP16 in Cali addresses global biodiversity decline, emphasizing Indigenous roles and urgent action for conservation.

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Cop16 at a glance: the big issues that will define talks at Colombia’s UN summit

Delegates from 196 countries are discussing progress in preserving biodiversity. So what are the sticking points?

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Ecosystems hang in the balance as Colombia hosts crucial biodiversity talks

With a million species on the brink of extinction and 70 percent of global ecosystems degraded, the Cop16 biodiversity summit opens in Colombia on Monday as the window to prevent devastating losses is closing.

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Environmental delegates gather in Colombia for a conference on dwindling global biodiversity

As the world grapples with plummeting levels of biodiversity, Colombia is hosting two weeks of meetings for the United Nations Biodiversity Conference

The Independent UK

UN Chief Seeks 'Significant' Funding At Summit To Save Nature

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged "significant investment" in a fund created to safeguard Earth's biodiversity as he addressed delegates to the world's biggest nature protection conference in Cali, Colombia.

International Business Times

Zoologist Jane Goodall warns: ‘The world is a mess’ ahead of COP16

As officials from around 200 countries prepare to meet in Colombia for the Cop16 biodiversity summit starting Monday, world-respected British zoologist Jane Goodall said there was little time left to reverse the downward slide. She wants the United Nations meeting to lead to action rather than "words and false promises".

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Prime Murder Suspect Found Dead In Apparent Suicide

Houston murder suspect found dead in suspected suicide; family seeks to repatriate victim's body to Colombia.

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Afro-Colombians fight the effects of gold mining through biodiversity projects in a violent region

Many initiatives by ethnic communities in impoverished Choco in northwestern Colombia aim to fight back against the environmental devastation inflicted upon the Atrato, a river that weaves around some 750 kilometers (470 miles) through northern Colombian jungles

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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 destruction of nature, with host city Cali on high alert after threats from guerrilla groups.

International Business Times

Efforts to combat deforestation in Colombia lag because of armed groups, report finds

The International Crisis Group is reporting that Colombia's government efforts to control deforestation in the Amazon are being hampered by the actions of left-wing dissidents who control the area

The Independent UK

Biodiversity Conference To Review Progress On 30 By 30 Goals

Countries convene to review progress on 30 by 30 biodiversity target and funding at COP16 conference in Colombia.

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How Indigenous Guards Saved A Colombian Lake From Overtourism

In the crater of a semi-dormant volcano in southwest Colombia lies a sacred lake of startling green which used to draw a steady stream of garbage-tossing tourists before Indigenous leaders took back control.

International Business Times

‘Nature markets’ may help preserve biodiversity – but they risk repeating colonial patterns of Indigenous exploitation

As the latest global biodiversity summit gets underway in Colombia, finance for the conservation and restoration of nature is one of the key themes of negotiations.

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Lula and Petro have the chance of a lifetime to save the Amazon. Can they unite idealism and realpolitik to pull it off?

The South American leaders are in the spotlight as they prepare to host this week’s Cop16 biodiversity summit, November’s G20 meeting and next year’s Cop30 climate summit

International Business Times

Lab-grown Frogs: A Colombian's Response To Wildlife Trafficking

Down a dirt track in Colombia, deep in a forest, conservationists are breeding prized exotic frogs to try to undercut traffickers who are plundering the country's jungles of its amphibians.

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Soon-to-retire Rigoberto Urán sets new goal of becoming a professional football player

Colombian's soap opera series about his life nominated for upcoming International Emmy awards

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‘The sea came in and took it all away’: the Colombian beach resort facing a ‘public calamity’

In the past 10 years, Palomino’s coastline has receded between 47 and 50 metres, threatening the livelihoods of restaurateurs, hoteliers and all those who work in the resort

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About 80% of countries fail to submit plans to preserve nature ahead of global summit

Countries promised to save 30% of land and sea for nature - but as their deadline approaches, only 24 have followed through with a plan

International Business Times

In The Colombian Pacific, Fighting To Save Sharks

A lone catamaran named "Silky" patrols waters around the remote island of Malpelo, a refuge that is protected yet full of peril for endangered marine species in the Colombian Pacific.

The Independent UK

Migration through Darien Gap increased in September, led by Venezuelans after the election

The number of migrants crossing the Darien Gap, a rugged jungle passage between Colombia and Panama, increased significantly in September

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Colombia Head Coach Accuses Bolivia of Spying Ahead of World Cup Qualifier

Néstor Lorenzo accused its World Cup qualifier opponent Bolivia of spying on training sessions ahead of the match.

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Illegal Gold Mining Devastates Atrato River Ecosystem In Colombia

Illegal gold mining in PAIMADO, Colombia, is destroying the Atrato River, endangering communities and wildlife. Efforts to protect the river face challenge...

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Colombia’s river guardians battle to protect the Atrato amid threats and abandonment

Illegal gold mining along the banks of northwestern Colombia’s Atrato river is causing severe contamination and deforestation for the small, impoverished riverbank communities made up of predominantly Afro-Colombian and Indigenous peoples

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Yung Filly: Rapper and YouTube star arrested and charged with rape in Australia

Colombia-born British star is being held in custody

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