The Daughters of Charity Emmitsburg land biodiversity study partnership with Mount St. Mary’s University has been selected to be part of the global report: Common Ground Faith Partnerships for Nature. This report will be part of the UN COP17 Convention on Biological Diversity that will take place in Armenia from Oct. 19-30, 2026. This report was created by the international organization, Faiths for Biodiversity, who invited faith-based partners to submit reports of their activities to promote biodiversity. Faiths for Biodiversity is an international coalition of faith-based organizations mobilizing and advocating for strong and ambitious action to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.