Biodiversity plan: An aerial view of an illegal fire in the Amazon rainforest. According to Ginette, there was “real progress” on issues including benefit-sharing related to genetic information and health and biodiversity. — AFP
CAli (colombia): The 16th United Nations Biodiversity Conference ended abruptly Saturday as countries disagreed in overtime talks about the creation of a new global nature fund.
After negotiations in Cali, Colombia, stretched through last Friday night and into last Saturday morning and delegates began to depart to travel home, Susana Muhamad, the host country’s environment minister and the president of 16th Conference of Parties (COP16), ultimately suspended the summit for lack of a quorum.
