International Year of Biodiversity

Biodiversity is the variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or on the entire Earth. Biodiversity is often used as a measure of the health of biological systems. The biodiversity found on Earth today consists of many millions of distinct biological species. The year 2010 has been declared as the International Year of Biodiversity.

Upcoming Meetings:

8 - 10 September 2010, Montreal, Canada
Seventh meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

12 - 17 September 2010, Libreville, Gabon
Conférence panafricaine de haut niveau - Biodiversité et lutte contre la pauvreté: quelles opportunités pour l'Afrique.

18 - 21 September 2010, Montreal, Canada
Interregional Negotiating Group (ING) of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing.

20 - 23 September 2010, Nairobi, Kenya
Global Expert Workshop on Biodiversity Benefits of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries.

23 - 25 September 2010, Bogota, Colombia
Latin American and Caribbean Indigenous and Local Community Capacity-building Workshop on the CBD including issues relevant to Article 8(j), Traditional Knowledge and ABS..

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