During COP16, the country presented the six goals that are part of the Biodiversity Action Plan. The agriculture and livestock sector will be key to the recovery of degraded areas. Cattle ranching, land grabbing, illegal roads and illegal activities are devastating these theoretically protected areas. In the Amazon, the situation is even worse.

STORY: The U.N. Biodiversity Summit - also known as COP 16 - is being held in Colombia this month.Nearly 200 countries will be debating how to save nature from the current rapid rate of destruction.Here’s what you need to know.

COP16 host country Colombia has put the inclusion of Indigenous and traditional communities at the center of its agenda in Cali.