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La conferencia de la ONU sobre biodiversidad (COP16) realizada en Cali, Colombia, contó con una gran participación de representantes de la sociedad civil y pueblos indígenas de América Latina y el Caribe, con una significativa presencia de representantes de comunidades afrodescendientes de Colombia.

Esta fue la primera COP de biodiversidad que tuvo un segmento de alto nivel con la participación de jefes de Estado y ministros de diversos países, incluidos de Colombia, Chile, Argentina y México.

Carbon Brief organizó por primera vez un seminario web en español, en alianza con periodistas y expertas de Latinoamérica, para sintetizar los principales resultados de la COP16 en temas como la presentación de las estrategias nacionales de biodiversidad (en inglés NBSAPs) de los países partes, el financiamiento a biodiversidad, la relación entre biodiversidad y salud, y los logros para pueblos indígenas.

Los panelistas también exploraron cuál fue el rol de los países de América Latina y el Caribe dentro de estas negociaciones.

El seminario contó con la participación de los siguientes periodistas y expertas de Latinoamérica:

La grabación del seminario web (abajo) ya está disponible en YouTube.

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