As the UN COP16 on biodiversity meets in Calì, Colombia, experts from McGill University are on-site, providing important input into the global conversation. These experts have been instrumental in shaping the global biodiversity monitoring framework, a central element of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted in response to biodiversity loss worldwide.
This unique framework, highlighted in a recent publication in Nature Ecology & Evolution, is designed to provide transparent, evidence-based tracking of biodiversity targets, combining political commitment with scientific rigour. Developed through a collaborative process between governments and expert groups, the framework introduces mandatory national biodiversity reporting by signatory countries. It is both a scientific tool and an accountability measure, intended to support the global community in living in harmony with nature by 2050.
Those interested in interviewing McGill Biology Professor Andrew Gonzalez and PhD candidate Flavio Affinito, first author on the paper, about the framework are invited to contact the media relations officer below.
