India, Jan. 5 -- The UN Convention on Biological Diversity has opened its official reporting system to communities, cities, NGOs and businesses for the first time

The move aims to capture conservation work beyond national governments under the global biodiversity framework agreed in 2022

Indigenous and civil society groups have welcomed the shift but warn of barriers to access and risks of corporate greenwashing

Experts say safeguards will be needed to ensure equity, verification and meaningful inclusion in biodiversity accounting

Indigenous communities, local governments and civil society groups will, for the first time, be able to formally report their biodiversity work to the United Nations, after the Convention on Biological Diver...