At U.N. summit, historic agreement to give Indigenous groups voice on nature conservation decisions

CALI, Colombia (AP) — After two weeks of negotiations, delegates on Saturday agreed at the United Nations conference on biodiversity to establish a subsidiary body that will include Indigenous peoples in future decisions on nature conservation, a development that builds on a growing movement to...

Delegates agree to establish Indigenous subsidiary body at COP16 UN biodiversity summit in Colombia

Negotiations stall over some crucial issues on final day of UN biodiversity summit in Colombia

CALI, Colombia (AP) — At the United Nations biodiversity summit in Colombia, negotiators have struggled to find common ground on key issues. These include how to finance protections for 30% of the world's plants and animals by 2030, how to establish a permanent body for Indigenous...

‘Immediate threat’: Mussel invades California’s Delta, first time in North America

From the glittery bling of its name, the golden mussel sounds like it could be California’s state bivalve. Unfortunately, the creature’s only connection to the Golden State is the fact that it is California’s most recently identified invasive species — and it’s a bad one,...

Fourth mass coral bleaching prompts UN emergency session at Colombia biodiversity summit

CALI, Colombia (AP) — The United Nations, scientists and governments made an urgent call Wednesday for increased funding to protect coral reefs under threat of extinction. Research this year shows that 77% of the world’s reefs are affected by bleaching, mainly due to warming...

UN chief calls for more pledges, private sector input to save global biodiversity at Colombia summit

CALI, Colombia (AP) — United Nation's Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged countries on Tuesday to make new pledges to help save global biodiversity and called for the private sector to come on board. “Nature is life, and yet we are waging a war against it, a war where there...

Slight progress in global biodiversity protection efforts but some species decline, new reports find

CALI, Colombia (AP) — Global efforts to protect the world's plants and animals have made slight progress and some species remain in serious decline, according to two reports released Monday at a major United Nations biodiversity summit in Colombia. A report from the United Nations...

As rhinoceros beetles spread, Hawaii board bolsters pest control powers

The Hawaii Board of Agriculture has approved rule changes to help control the spread of invasive species following about a 20-month delay. The holdup caused a public outcry because the rule changes are intended to help the Agriculture Department stem the movement of commodities...

Environmental delegates gather in Colombia for a conference on dwindling global biodiversity

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Global environmental leaders gathered Monday in Cali, Colombia to assess the world’s plummeting biodiversity levels and commitments by countries to protect plants, animals and critical habitats. The two-week United Nations Biodiversity Conference, or...

Afro-Colombians fight the effects of gold mining through biodiversity projects in a violent region

SAN ISIDRO, Colombia (AP) — In an outdoor classroom surrounded by snake specimens preserved in jars, teacher Melqui Mosquera proudly talks about the nature reserve he set up in a Colombian region environmentally devastated by illegal mining. There are fish ponds with species...