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

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…

The Conversation

In Colombia, Amazon River's extreme drought falls hard on Indigenous communities

The severe drought of the Amazon River has caused Indigenous communities who live beside it to struggle for food, water and simply getting from one place to another

The Independent UK

Ex-Rangers player Alfredo Morelos reportedly involved in drink driving smash

Former Rangers player Alfredo Morelos has been reportedly involved in a drink driving smash in Colombia

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Carlos Vives Longtime Collaborator and Colombian Music Legend Egidio Cuadrado Dies at 71

Cuadrado had been hospitalized with a severe case of pneumonia

Latin Times

From drones to genomics, science can help fight extinction: that work must begin at Cop16

As nations meet in Colombia to confront species and ecosystem loss, the onus is on the global north to put science and collaboration at the heart of the issue, says Angela McLean, the UK’s chief scientific adviser

The Guardian - UK

Cote d'Ivoire has lost 'nearly 80 percent of its forest and wildlife cover'

How can we protect wild animals when the world's forest cover continues to shrink? This is just one of the many issues under discussion at the Cop16 biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia. In West Africa, certain emblematic species such as the elephant are at risk of extinction. The head of…

Radio France Internationale

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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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.

The Conversation

‘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.

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

‘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

The Guardian - UK

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

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