Convention on Biological Diversity Meeting

The 193 members of the U.N.'s Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) held n the central city of Nagoya in Japan to try to work out strategies to head off a manmade mass extinction.

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), known informally as the Biodiversity Convention, is an international legally binding treaty. The Convention has three main goals:

1. conservation of biological diversity (or biodiversity);
2. sustainable use of its components; and
3. fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from genetic resources

2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity.
International Biodiversity Day: 22 May