Convention on Biological Diversity, Nagoya, Japan

Bioversity is at COP 10 -- the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity – in Nagoya, Japan representing the Consortium of CGIAR Centres, as it has at every COP since the original Earth Summit  in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992.

For up to date information, Earth Negotiations Bulletin is covering the main meeting  and selected side events.

One of the primary goals at Nagoya will be to agree a Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing for the Convention on Biological Diversity. Bioversity experts, on behalf of the CGIAR Consortium, are assisting delegates to the Conference in the negotiations.

Bioversity has also produced a booklet –  Agriculture, agricultural biodiversity and sustainability (240 KB) – based on an information note distributed to the CBD’s Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice.

A series of factsheets provides participants and visitors at COP 10 with background information on some of the key topics related to conservation and agriculture.

Download the individual factsheets here:

•  Agricultural Biodiversity (1.3 MB)
•  Millennium Development Goals (725 KB)
•  Crop Wild Relatives (926 KB)
•  Neglected and Underutilized Species (1.2 MB)
•  Nutrition (1.1 MB)
•  Aquatic Genetic Resources (1010 KB)
•  Animal Genetic Resources (925 KB)
•  Adapting to Climate Change (1.6 MB)
•  Access and Benefit Sharing (1.3 MB)
•  The Satoyama Initiative (2.0 MB)
•  Guardians of Agricultural Biodiversity (1.2 MB)

or download the full set:

•  Complete set of COP 10 Factsheets (12.1 MB)