Side Event

Universities & Scientific Community in Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use

Organizer
University of Hyderabad - Contact Person: Prof. Kottapalli Seshagirirao

Date and Time
15 October 2012 18:15 - 19:45

Meeting
Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 11)

Universities and Scientific community are having both the expert knowledge and technical capacity to develop, and promote, effective actions for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. They are the platforms for dissemination of knowledge towards implementation of policy directives. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has one of the mandates for conservation and sustainable development efforts through Universities and Scientific community (http://www.cbd.int/universities/). Hence the side event on “Universities & Scientific Community in Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use” at CBD-COP11 at Hyderabad, India enable to bring the academicians and researchers to discuss the issues regarding conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.