Nigeria, Oct. 19 -- Representatives of governments, indigenous peoples, local communities and other stakeholders are expected to convene in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, for the 17th session of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP17) from 19 to 30 October, as nations seek to accelerate efforts to halt and reverse global biodiversity loss.

The conference comes four years after the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), which set a 2030 deadline for the actualisation of its targets.

Organisers see the 2026 conference as a critical halfway point between the framework's adoption in 2022 and the 2030 deadline for achieving its interconnected targets.

The Conference of the Parties...