The 8th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-8) took place on 20-31 March 2006 in Curitiba, Brazil. A wide range of issues were dealt with, some related directly or indirectly to agricultural biotechnology. See http://www.biodiv.org/meetings/cop8mop3/cop-08.shtml for links to the 49 official documents (available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) and 47 information documents (most in English only) prepared for the meeting and to daily reports and press coverage of the meeting. Contact [email protected] for any further information.

02/04/2006