Biodiversity summit gets appeals for action, money to save nature

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 23, 2024 12:10 am

CALI, Colombia —The world's biggest nature protection conference opened in Colombia on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) with calls for urgent action and financing to reverse humankind's rapacious destruction of biodiversity.

With about a million known species worldwide estimated to be at risk of extinction, Colombian Environment Minister and COP16 president Susana Muhamad warned delegates: 'The planet doesn't have time to lose.'

A Colombian Indigenous man holds a seashell as he takes part in a march to participate in a traditional 'Minga' indigenous meeting within the framework of the COP16 summit in Cali, Colombia, on Oct. 21, 2024. PHOTO BY NELSON RIOS/AFP

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