Cali, COP16 and Colombia

Here's what's on the agenda at COP16 in Cali, Colombia
STORY: The U.N. Biodiversity Summit - also known as COP 16 - is being held in Colombia this month.Nearly 200 countries will be debating how to save nature from the current rapid rate of destruction.Here’s what you need to know.
Indigenous people from southwest Colombia protest at COP16 in Cali
Nearly 2,000 Indigenous people from the southwest of Colombia arrived in Cali on Monday in their traditional ‘chivas’, colourful vehicles with open tops advocating for nature to be respected as they participated in COP16.
Mainstream International Media React to COP16 in Cali, Colombia
COP16 in Colombia is currently the largest summit of its kind in history, according to The New York Times, Le Monde and The Guardian.
Colombia: COP16 highlights participation of indigenous communities, governments
The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) called for participation of indigenous communities and governments around the world to the efforts of biodiversity protection.
Guerrilla attacks near COP16 host city in Colombia
Security was stepped up, with some 11,000 Colombian police and soldiers deployed to safeguard the event with the backing of UN and United States security experts.
Indigenous Colombians call for inclusion of ancestral ways in COP16
Indigenous communities from different regions of Colombia march in the southwestern city of Cali to demand that their ancestral knowledge on conservation be taken into account at the UN biodiversity summit,
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Yale students, faculty head to Colombia to tackle biodiversity challenges at U.N. convention
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Colombia: UN biodiversity conference opens in Colombia's Cali
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What's on the agenda at the COP16 nature summit in Colombia?
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Interview: Social ills may devour Colombia's rich biodiversity, warns veteran zoologist
Maria Clara Dominguez, CEO of the Cali Zoological Foundation, said Colombia has lost 70 percent of its biodiversity over the last half-century. She noted that Colombia faces significant social ...