The most recent UN Biodiversity Conference (5-17 December 2016) is reported on the IISD/ENBOTS Reporting Services website.  With the companion launch of the UNDP managed Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (BES-Net) web-portal as a collaborative platform for capacity building, this report contains the essential link.

Through the Conference series of discussions between scientists, economists, policy-makers, practitioners and resilience workers, there was a push to engage the populace in biodiversity and ecosystem knowledge.  Topics such as awareness for preserving biodiversity, sustainable rural development, benefit sharing on genetic resources, conservation replica practices, how biodiversity if under threat, etc. provide a rich swathe of current work and research in the field.

Further resources and publications of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) are available through the report site.

Denise M Reghenzani-Kearns PhD