By Lucas Berti Just over two years have passed between the inauguration of Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first-ever left-wing president, and the United Nations Conference on Biological Diversity (COP16),

Thousands of miners and small-scale farmers protested Tuesday in Colombia against plans by the government, currently hosting a UN biodiversity summit, to declare protected zones in areas where they ma

Countries are expected to submit those national biodiversity plans, known as NBSAPs, by the start of the Cali summit that runs from Oct. 21 to Nov. 1. Delegates will use the submissions to gauge how much progress has been made since the COP15 summit in 2022 and what needs to be prioritized going forward.

A surge in the cultivation of coca leaf, a precursor to cocaine, is fueling a wave of violence across Latin America.