UN Biodiversity Conference (COPMOP 2018) position statements

November 26, 2018

Introduction

Three concurrent meetings are scheduled for Nov. 17-29, 2018 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. They are referred to as the “UN Biodiversity Conference 2018” or “COPMOP2018” and comprise:

  • Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (MOP9)
  • Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP14)
  • Third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing.

The Cornell Alliance for Science developed an opening statement at the proceedings.

We also developed position statements on key issues of discussion:

Our partners also developed position papers:

PRRI

ISAAA

Gene Drive Network

AfS delegation to UN Biodiversity Conference (COPMOP 2018)