Women Ignored by United Nations Biodiversity Summit, Denounce Activists
3 Dec 2016
2 Dec: Ministers at the COP13 of the CBD in Cancun Mexico, are failing to recognize the key role of women in biodiversity conservation in the proposed Cancun declaration [1], despite the conference focus on mainstreaming the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity for well-being [2]. The Global Forest Coalition and Women’s groups attending the Convention on Biodiversity, which starts with a High-Level segment today, will award those governments that are clearly championing gender equality in order to remedy this …
