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COP17 | UN biodiversity talks enter critical phase as delegates clash over funding and indigenous rights

COP17 | UN biodiversity talks enter critical phase as delegates clash over funding and indigenous rights

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COP17 | UN biodiversity talks enter critical phase as delegates clash over funding and indigenous rights From L-R: CBD Deputy Executive Secretary Jihyun Lee; Christine Estrada, CBD Secretariat; and COP 17 President Hambardzum Matevosyan, Minister of Environment, Armenia. PHOTO/ IISD/ENB – Mike Muzurakis. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] As the 2026 United Nations Biodiversity Conference entered…

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COP17 | UN biodiversity talks enter critical phase as delegates clash over funding and indigenous rights

COP17 | Fears at UN biodiversity summit 2030 targets are slipping out of reach

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David Olarte Amaya, Vice-Minister for Environmental Territorial Planning, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia. PHOTO/ PHOTO/ IISD/ENB – Mike Muzurakis. By PATRICK MAYOYO The 2026 United Nations Biodiversity  Conference continued in Yerevan, Armenia, with countries under pressure to turn ambitious global conservation pledges into concrete action, as a landmark assessment warned of widening gaps…

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Africa: Anglicans Will Advocate to Protect Oceans As ‘Lungs of the Earth’ At the United Nations Biodiversity COP17

Africa: Anglicans Will Advocate to Protect Oceans As ‘Lungs of the Earth’ At the United Nations Biodiversity COP17

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An Anglican delegation will attend the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) COP17 in Yerevan, Armenia. They will call for justice for oceans, just finance for those most at risk and a cleaner agricultural system, acknowledging Indigenous wisdom. Representing different Anglican Provinces, the delegation includes the Rt Revd Graham Usher (Church of England Lead…

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COP17 | UN biodiversity talks enter critical phase as delegates clash over funding and indigenous rights

Greenpeace warns of ‘Irreversible Ecosystem Collapse’ as UN biodiversity summit faces crucial test

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Greenpeace warns of ‘Irreversible Ecosystem Collapse’ as UN biodiversity summit faces crucial test Climate and biodiversity crises are interconnected and require coordinated government action. PHOTO/GREENPEACE. By PATRICK MAYOYO Greenpeace has urged governments attending the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP17) to move beyond acknowledging failures and adopt concrete measures to halt biodiversity loss and prevent irreversible…

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COP17 | UN biodiversity talks enter critical phase as delegates clash over funding and indigenous rights

COP17 | UN biodiversity summit faces test of turning global promises into action

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Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia. PHOTO/ IISD/ENB – Mike Muzurakis. By PATRICK MAYOYO Governments gathering for the 2026 United Nations Biodiversity Conference face a critical test: whether international commitments to halt and reverse the destruction of nature can be translated into measurable progress before the end of the decade. The conference, which opened in…

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COP17 | UN biodiversity talks enter critical phase as delegates clash over funding and indigenous rights

UN experts sound alarm over slow progress on global biodiversity targets ahead of COP17

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UN experts sound alarm over slow progress on global biodiversity targets ahead of COP17 Secretary-General of the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, expected to attend the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17). By PATRICK MAYOYO United Nations human rights experts have urged governments to accelerate action…

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Africans Bear the Brunt of Biodiversity Loss

Africans Bear the Brunt of Biodiversity Loss

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For millions across Africa and the developing world, the biodiversity crisis is not an abstract problem – it’s the soil that no longer yields bountiful harvests and the fish that no longer return to coastal waters. But the world spends 30 times more money destroying nature than protecting it, and Africa often lacks the necessary…

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Africa: Anglicans Will Advocate to Protect Oceans As ‘Lungs of the Earth’ At the United Nations Biodiversity COP17

Africa: Dozens of New Species Found in One of Africa’s Last Biodiversity Blank Spots

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A major survey of Angola’s remote Lisima plateau has uncovered species unknown to science, including new dragonflies, grasshoppers, moths and butterflies, confirming the highlands as one of Africa’s most exciting biodiversity frontiers. High on Angola’s eastern plateau, in Moxico Province, lies one of Africa’s great almost-unknown treasures: the Angolan Highlands Water Tower. It’s a vast…

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