We’ve mentioned the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP10) in various blog posts, and we also mentioned the importance of COP10 in addressing the global biodiversity crisis the world is facing today. COP10 began today in Nagoya, Japan, and the time has come for some important (and delicate) issues to be agreed upon. Three of the main issues are:

– A Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing;
– A Strategic Plan for the post-2010 period; and
– A new Strategy for Resource Mobilization.

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Read more of our CBD and International Year of Biodiversity related blog posts.