Environmental delegates gather in Colombia for a conference on dwindling global biodiversity
Voice of America
An indigenous Afro-Colombian woman poses for a photo as she waits to participate in the opening event of the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Summit (COP16) in Cali, Colombia October 20, 2024.
Global environmental leaders gather Monday in Cali, Colombia to assess the world's plummeting biodiversity levels and commitments by countries to protect plants, animals and critical habitats.
Wildlife Keeper Stephanie Scurtu examines a wood thrush, a kind of migrating songbird, to determine if it is healthy enough for release at the DuPage Wildlife Conservation Center, Oct. 4, 2024, in Glen Ellyn, Ill. Chicago Bird Collision Monitors Director Annette Prince holds an injured Nashville warbler, a kind of migrating songbird, that likely struck a glass windowpane Oct. 8, 2024, in downtown Chicago.