President Xiomara Castro did not attend the Biodiversity Summit (COP16) in Cali, Colombia, despite the announcement made by the Colombian Foreign Ministry a few months ago. In an interview with Contracorriente, the Minister of the Secretariat of Natural Resources and Environment (Serna), Lucky Medina, spoke to us about the government's participation in this summit, the sources of funding that have been accessed to preserve biodiversity in Honduras, and the leading role that the military has in tasks that not only involve the commons, but also the construction of a mega-prison on an island with a high biological diversity.
Contracorriente spoke with Lucky Medina about these and other issues during the COP16 in Cali, Colombia.
This story was produced as part of the 2024 CBD COP16 Fellowship organized by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network. It was originally published in Spanish by Contra Corriente on November 2, 2024.
Banner image: Lucky Medina, Minister of the Secretariat of Natural Resources and Environment (Serna), in an interview with Contracorriente. Cali, Colombia, October 31, 2024. / Credit: Matías Avramow..
María Celeste Maradiaga
