The world has changed. Posited to be a ‘super year’ for biodiversity with various international meetings and the conclusion of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s ten-year Aichi Targets, 2020 will be remembered for very different reasons: catastrophic fires, the COVID-19 pandemic, floods, locust outbreaks, a drastic drop in oil prices and widespread food insecurity. These disruptions will increase the already considerable gap between rich and poor, hitting marginalized groups - the impoverished, women, Indigenous communities and people of color - much harder. Impacts on the environment have been mixed: carbon emissions may be down, but there are growing concerns that nature will be forgotten in the rush to rebuild devastated economies. -- Carina Wyborn , Australian National University, Australia. The biodiversity community from the researchers, citizens, local knowledge holders, practitioners and decision makers concerned with the natural world and its relationship with people ar...