“Freeze false solutions” to biodiversity loss and respect rights and ecosystems to achieve real “peace with nature,” says Global Forest Coalition
Cali, Colombia, 29 October 2024 “As long as governments are in cahoots with corporations to destroy nature, there cannot be ‘Peace with Nature.’” Souparna Lahiri of the Global Forest Coalition offered this succinct assessment of the host country Colombia’s slogan for the 16th UN biodiversity conference, “Peace with Nature.” In Colombia and around the world, Lahiri said: Environmental defenders and Indigenous community leaders are being killed in the name of ‘Peace with Nature.’ And in the last couple of days, …
