<p>The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will convene in October – November 2024.  The 11th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties (MOP) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CP-MOP-11) and the fifth MOP to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of the Benefits Arising from their Utilization (NP-MOP-5) will also convene.</p>
<p>Following Türkiye’s <a href="https://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2023/ntf-2023-082-cop16-en.pdf" target="_blank">withdrawal</a> of its offer to host the meetings because of the toll of February’s destructive earthquakes, Colombia offered to host the meeting. At its meeting on 15 December 2023, the Bureau <a href="https://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2023/ntf-2023-135-cop16-en.pdf" target="_blank">accepted</a> this offer. In February 2024, the CBD Secretariat <a href="https://twitter.com/UNBiodiversity/status/1762769267777237243?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1762769267777237243%7Ctwgr%5E7966249db90ef95d709fc22d120797bafa2c1c32%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbd.int%2F%2Farticle%2Fcolombia-unveils-logo-cop16" target="_blank">announced</a> the UN Biodiversity Conference 2024 will take place in Cali.</p>
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