Biodiversity beyond 2010: Deciding the way ahead

The tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), was held in Nagoya, Japan, on 18-29 October 2010. The global discussions in Nagoya and the EU position in these negotiations, will play a key role in the new EU biodiversity strategy, expected to be finalised by the end of 2010.

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Website: Convention on Biological Diversity: COP 10 http://www.cbd.int/cop10/

European Commission: Memo/10/529: Statement by Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik on the ongoing negotiations at the COP10 Conference on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/10/529&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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