2012 Hyderabad Biodiversity Conference

United Nations Biodiversity Conference
COP11
Date1–19 October 2012
CitiesHyderabad, India
ParticipantsConvention on Biological Diversity member countries
Follows← Japan 2010
Precedes→ South korea 2014
Websitehttps://www.cbd.int/meetings/COP-11

The 2012 Hyderabad Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), also known as COP11, was held in Hyderabad, India. Environment ministers and forests ministers of about 194 countries attended the conference; international organizations like World Bank and the Asian Development Bank also participated. Nearly 10,000 delegates discussed issues relating to biodiversity and biosafety.[1]

  1. ^ Press Information Bureau, Government of India. "Hyderabad to Host UN Convention on Biodiversity".