This page contains our latest research, commentary, news, analysis and events around the 16th Convention on Biological Diversity conference in Cali, Colombia (COP16)
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The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) took place from 21 October to 1 November 2024 in Cali, Colombia.
Throughout the two-week COP16 conference, IIED researchers and partners led discussions and participated in panels on a variety of topics ranging from biodiversity credits (biocredits) and sustainable wildlife management, to Indigenous Peoples and local communities-led conservation, among other issues.
We had several official side events accepted into the COP programme, and supported partners in their discussions and joined pavilion events.
The CBD opened for signature in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. An international treaty for the conservation of biodiversity, the sustainable use of the components of biodiversity and the equitable sharing of the benefits derived from the use of genetic resources, it entered into force in December 1993. With 196 Parties, the CBD has near universal participation among countries.
The meetings of the Parties to the convention are known as Conferences of the Parties (COP), with the first one (COP1) held in Nassau, Bahamas, in 1994.
