Biodiversity’s Tower of Babel: The confusion & compromise of Convention on Biological Diversity Decision 15/9 (commentary)

Mongabay
Aug 24, 2024, 9:57 am412 ptsTop
Underlying parables of biblical metaphors are often only dimly remembered. The name Babel comes from the Hebrew “to confuse,” בָּלַל (bālal). The tower so ridiculed was an affront to Yahweh. Fast forward some three thousand years: Delegates will be gathering in Cali, Colombia from 21 October to 1…

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