Countries at UN COP16 nature talks in Colombia agree on rules for companies to pay for the use of genetic information drawn from biodiversity in their research and development.
During this month's U.N. Biodiversity Summit, known as COP16, in the Colombian city of Cali, nearly 200 countries will be debating how they can save nature from the current rapid rate of destruction.
Colombian land for coca leaves cultivation, a raw ingredient for cocaine, jumped 10% last year to reach the largest area in over two decades, a UN Office on Drugs and Crime report reveals.
The UN's COP16 biodiversity summit kicks off on Monday in Cali, Colombia, amid global destruction of nature at unprecedented extremes, citing its importance in global economy.
In Colombia's jungle heartland, a transformation unfolds as former coca farmers once engaged in cultivation and deforestation switch to eco-tourism, creating new livelihoods for hundreds of residents.
Rural communities in the Andes of Colombia and Ecuador fights to protect fragile high-altitude wetlands that regulate the area's water cycles, as sharp water and energy rationing hit both nations.
