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Business News/ Photos / Slideshow | 11th Convention on Biological Diversity

Slideshow | 11th Convention on Biological Diversity

193 nations will chalk out a plan to tackle the decline of biodiversity by 2020

Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias (left), executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, addressing the media. Photographs by Ananda Banerjee

1/10Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias (left), executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, addressing the media. Photographs by Ananda Banerjee

Members of the CBD Alliance addressing the media. CBD Alliance is a network of activists and representatives from NGOs along with social movements and indigenous people’s organizations.

2/10Members of the CBD Alliance addressing the media. CBD Alliance is a network of activists and representatives from NGOs along with social movements and indigenous people’s organizations.

An activist dressed as a dodo, an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.

3/10An activist dressed as a dodo, an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.

Delegates walk past a poster of Aichi Targets. These call for a halving in the rate of loss of the planet’s biodiversity by 2020.

4/10Delegates walk past a poster of Aichi Targets. These call for a halving in the rate of loss of the planet’s biodiversity by 2020.

Delegates gather at the main hall of the convention centre. Around 14,000 delegates have registered to participate in the CBD / CoP 11.

5/10Delegates gather at the main hall of the convention centre. Around 14,000 delegates have registered to participate in the CBD / CoP 11.

A volunteer organizes country specific documents for delegates.

6/10A volunteer organizes country specific documents for delegates.

Stacks of brochures and advocacy material for the delegates.

7/10Stacks of brochures and advocacy material for the delegates.

A participant puts up his campaign posters.

8/10A participant puts up his campaign posters.

Kiran Kumar Reddy, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.

9/10Kiran Kumar Reddy, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.

Jayanthi Natarajan, Union environment minister, at CoP 11.

10/10Jayanthi Natarajan, Union environment minister, at CoP 11.

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