Organized by the CBD Secretariat, this meeting will address a framework for a multi-year plan of action on biodiversity for development, as a complement to the Development Platform for the South launched by the G-77, and a process of South-South Cooperation leading to CBD COP 10.  

dates: 6-7 November 2008  
location: Montreal, Canada  
contact: CBD Secretariat  
phone: 1-514-288-2220  
fax: 1-514-288-6588  
e-mail: secretariat@cbd.int  
www: http://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=EMSSC-01