As determined by the host of the meeting, the Minister of Environment & Forests of India, the high-level segment of the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will focus on: implementation of the Strategic Plan on Biodiversity 2011-2020; biodiversity for livelihoods and poverty reduction; coastal and marine biodiversity; and implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing.  

dates: 16-19 October 2012   location: Hyderabad, India   contact: CBD Secretariat   phone: +1 514 288 2220   fax: +1 514 288 6588   e-mail: secretariat@cbd.int   www: http://cbdcop11india.in/hls.html