Half-Earth Day 2024
October 22
The E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation is 
bringing its annual Half-Earth Day® event to Santiago de Cali, Colombia, to be held October 22 alongside the 16th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16). Taking place in one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, COP16 is the first meeting since the landmark 2022 adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Half-Earth Day 2024 will respond to COP16’s theme Peace with Nature by emphasizing the role of knowledge in global species conservation. The program, Knowledge for Life, will focus on lands and waters critical to protecting biodiversity—from Indigenous and local areas to urban and human-modified environments—and will provide participants opportunities to learn about how knowledge, data, and experiences are creating innovative environmental management solutions, expanding private-sector collaboration and leadership, and leading to scientific advances that are transforming biodiversity conservation.
Half-Earth Day convenes people from around the world and across disciplines to share their perspectives and provide thought leadership on how we can work together to safeguard biodiversity and ensure the health of our planet for future generations.
Register here to attend our evening program virtually.
