The XI Conference of the Parties (COP11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity kicked off on Monday, October 8, in Hyderabad (India), with the aim of defining the commitments adopted in Nagoya two years ago into concrete actions.

Representatives from more than 160 countries will be present during the meetings that will be held until October 19, which seek to present and specify the different measures, instruments and financing that will be established as a framework for action to achieve the Strategic Plan for Biological Diversity 2011-2020, whose ultimate objective is to stop the disappearance of some species of animals and plants.

According to the list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), an inventory whose latest update will be released during the XI Conference, 41% of amphibian species, 33% of coral reefs, 25% of mammals, 20% of plants and 13% of birds are threatened, with a rate of disappearance between 100 and 1,000 times higher than the average extinction rate since the appearance of life on Earth.

During the year 2010, the International Year of Biodiversity, this UN convention, made up of 193 countries during the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, established in Nagoya a commitment to adopt measures translated into 20 goals – the Aichi Targets – to be achieved within ten years. an agreement that must be ratified by a total of 50 countries for it to enter into force.