The tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is expected to assess achievement of the 2010 target to reduce significantly the rate of biodiversity loss, adopt an international regime on access and benefit-sharing and celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity 2010.  

dates: 18-29 October 2010  
location: Nagoya, Japan  
contact: CBD Secretariat  
phone: 1-514-288-2220  
fax: 1-514-288-6588  
e-mail: secretariat@cbd.int  
www: http://www.cbd.int/cop10