Without the farmers, it is only political policy without implementation” – that was the stark message delivered by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s Director-General on Tuesday to delegates attending the latest round of UN biodiversity talks in Rome.

Hours ahead of resuming the three-day UN global biodiversity negotiations in Rome, the European Union (EU) on Monday said it is working towards an agreement on pending decisions at COP16 on biodiversity.

As the COP16 biodiversity negotiations resume in Italy on Tuesday, scientists are expressing their amazement at the setbacks affecting nature conservation, but are trying to fight back with what they have.

This analysis was conceived by its author as a trilogy of commentaries in the wake of Decision 16/2 from the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).  Although each commentary can be read separately,

Without the farmers, it is only political policy without implementation" - that was the stark message delivered by the UN Food and Agriculture

National representatives are this week meeting in Italy in a bid to agree on how best to scale annual global nature finance flows to $200bn by 2030, after talks in Colombia failed last year.

Burundi, DRC, Tanzania and Zambia launch 5-year project to address transboundary threats to biodiversity Global concern over the decline in biodiversity and lake degradation is growing. The USD 14.5 million GEF-funded project aims to promote sustainable fisheries,

As more than 150 countries convene in Rome for the resumed session of the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16.2), the Food and