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- The 16th Conference of Parties (COP16) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is taking place in Cali, Colombia.
- During the event, they released a report titled ‘Closing Window of Opportunity: Mapping Threats from Oil, Gas and Mining to Important Areas for Conservation in the Pantropics’.
- It shows that the world’s best and most important ecosystems are facing a threat from extractive industries.
- These include key biodiversity areas, high-integrity forest landscapes, protected areas, and Indigenous territories.
- The data reveals 518 Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA), which are 18 per cent of the total such areas, have active and potential oil and gas concessions.
- As much as 180 million hectares of high-integrity forests are at risk in Amazon and Congo basin regions and Southeast Asia.
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