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The UN biodiversity summit (COP15) ended this week with the impressive adoption of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) – you can read about the four goals and 23 targets agreed to in this framework in this publication. While the framework is not legally binding, it sets the tone for…
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has been convening 196 countries for a Conference of the Parties (COP) every two years since its creation in 1992. COPs are used to evaluate progress made towards the objectives of the convention, as well as setting new ambitions to address the loss…
A WUR delegation has made its way to Montreal to attend the much awaited UN biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP)! This meeting happens every two years, and much like the climate COP which just happened in Egypt, it is a convening of all the countries of the world to…