COP10 meeting opens in Nagoya, Japan

Logo for the Conference of the Parties (COP10) in Nagoya, JapanThe tenth Conferences of the Parties (COP10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity opened today, 18 October, with an address from the CBD Executive Secretary which notes: A  proverb of our host country teaches us that “Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.”

See the opening statments http://www.cbd.int/doc/speech/2010/sp-2010-10-18-cop10-en.pdf

BGCI had an opinion piece published by the Guardian on its Comment is Free website.

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