At UN talks, nations agree to invest in plan to protect nature

Resumed UN nature summit provides faith groups pathway to log conservation progress

The U.N. biodiversity summit, COP16, officially ended Feb. 28 in Rome, four months after the biannual talks began in Cali, Colombia. Nations reached deals on mobilizing funds and monitoring conservation commitments.

Biodiversity offsets, their effectiveness and their role in a nature positive future

Biodiversity offsetting is a mechanism for addressing the impacts of development projects on biodiversity, but the practice remains controversial and its effectiveness generally poor. In the context of the Global Biodiversity Framework and the emergence of new approaches for mitigating damage, we need to learn from the past. In this Review, we explore biodiversity offsetting, its effectiveness and its future prospects, especially in relation to …

U.N. Negotiators Agree to Plan to Reverse Biodiversity Loss by 2030

World leaders have agreed to establish a global fund aimed at protecting biodiversity and preventing the worst impacts of nature loss by 2030. The deal by negotiators at the U.N. biodiversity summit in Rome, known as COP16, came after days of marathon negotiations. The deal comes as global wildlife populations have plunged by more than 70% over the last four decades, largely due to human activity. Questions remain on the establishment of the fun…

In a late evening hour, despite difficult odds, an agreement was reached to send money to save the wild nature. The failure had been too unbearable.

The global community is moving forward in terms of biodiversity – as far as the natural boundaries make it possible.