Women are key custodians of biodiversity. COP16 could help strengthen their against-the-odds efforts

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Highlights

  • Grassroots women organizations worldwide are exemplary custodians of biodiversity
  • But power inequalities still prevent women from being meaningfully represented in the decision-making processes that define their rights, responsibilities, and access to the benefits of biodiversity
  • The 196 country members at the Convention on Biological Diversity meeting Colombia can halt and reverse biodiversity’s global decline through greater inclusion of women

Elias, M.; Morgan, M. (2024) 

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