Biodiversity and forest defenders – the stakes of COP16
The Colombian Government has a historic opportunity to make the Convention on Biological Diversity COP16 a turning point for both biodiversity and those who protect it – and to live up to its promises to place defenders' voices at the centre of the agenda.
![Intact forest and biodiversity in Acre State, Brazil](https://cdn2.globalwitness.org/media/images/Serra_do_Divisor24.2e16d0ba.fill-544x300.jpg)