Press Release

Ensuring Compliance of All Parties With Their Reporting Obligations on the Implementation of the 2010 Biodiversity Target

Manama, Bahrain, 12 April 2010-At the World Summit on Sustainable Development, world leaders agreed to substantially reduce the rate of loss of biodiversity by 2010. The 193 Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity decided to submit before March 2009 a national report on the implementation of the Johannesburg target. The review will be essential for designing and agreeing on the post-2010 biodiversity target at the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, to be held in Nagoya, Japan, in October 2010 with the participation of more than 10,000 people. The meeting will be preceded on 22 September 2010 by a high level segment of the United Nations General Assembly on biodiversity with participation of Heads of State and Government.

Publication Date
2010-04-12