Women are key custodians of biodiversity. COP16 could help strengthen their against-the-odds efforts
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The participation, voice and leadership of women in conserving biodiversity is critical to reversing the biodiversity crisis. But grassroots women are typically excluded from the decision-making, capacity-building, and finance designed to conserve biodiversity. A new policy brief for participants at United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Cali, Colombia outlines the tools nations can use to change the status quo.
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have released a comprehensive, 194-page report assessing their decade-long examination of the social and economic impacts that followed the introduction of casino gambling in Massachusetts.