XI Conference of the Parties – Convention on Biological Diversity
From 8 to 19 October 2012, the XI Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity will be held in Hyderabad, India. At the last COP, held in Nagoya in October 2010, the Parties approved the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, a document that, among other conclusions and objectives to be achieved, establishes 20 targets, called the Aichi Targets. The upcoming COP aims to boost the implementation of the objectives of the Strategic Plan and the Aichi Targets.
The COP is the governing body of the Convention on Biological Diversity and promotes its implementation through the decisions it takes at its meetings, which are held on a regular basis. The first meeting of the COP was held in 1994. To date, the Conference of the Parties has adopted a total of 299 procedural and substantive decisions.
More information:
COP 11
www.cbdcop11india.in
Convention on Biological Diversity
www.cbd.int
Breaking News:
Spain has registered a 235% growth in green jobs in the last decade (22/10/2012)
Germany, committed to the preservation of biodiversity (19/10/2012)
The “Biodiversity In Good Company” project seeks to strengthen its objectives at COP11 (19/10/2012)
Sustainlabour report highlights that conserving biodiversity creates jobs (18/10/2012)
Billions of dollars to preserve biodiversity worldwide (18/10/2012)
Federico Ramos highlights the government’s effort to maintain Spain as a benchmark in biodiversity (17/10/2012)
India to Spend $50 Million to Preserve Its Biodiversity (17/10/2012)
IUCN publishes list of 25 most threatened primates at COP11 (16/10/2012)
Countries meeting in Hyderabad seek funding to achieve the Aichi Targets (15/10/2012)
The XI Conference of the Parties (COP 11), a meeting in favour of biodiversity (11/10/2012)
