On 13 - 29 November 2018, the 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 14) will be held under the theme of "Investing in biodiversity for people and planet" in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
At the conference, Parties to the Convention will discuss efforts needed to achieve the Aichi Biodiversity Targets as well as lay the groundwork for the process of developing the successor of the current Global Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020. COP 14 will also include an innovative discussion on mainstreaming biodiversity into five core sectors of the economy: Infrastructure, mining, energy and gas, manufacturing, and health.
Biodiversity and climate change will also be discussed. The conference will of course also look at the important question of protected areas both on land and sea, and other measures for enhanced conservation and management of biodiversity. Delegates will continue long-standing discussions on ecologically or biologically significant marine areas.
- Digital sequence information on genetic resources
- Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and practices
- Sustainable wildlife management
- Biodiversity and climate change
- Conservation and sustainable use of pollinators
- Spatial planning, protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures
- Marine and coastal biodiversity
- Invasive alien species
- Synthetic biology
- Resource mobilization and the financial mechanism of the Convention
- Knowledge management and communication
Documents of the 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 14), as well as the 9th meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COPMOP9) and the 3rd meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (COPMOP3) can be found here.