At COP16 in Cali, the brilliant Hugo Rivera Mendoza talked passionately about bottom-up approaches and the importance of making space for often unheard voices if we're to meet the ambitions of the Global Biodiversity Framework.

With #CBDCOP16 reconvening in Rome on 25 February these voices must be at the heart of the global negotiations.

“The framework aims really at rethinking the way that we organise our societies, that we make decisions together, all of us together, and try to find a common vision.