India at CBD COP17
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is the 1992 treaty for conserving nature, using it sustainably and sharing the gains from genetic resources fairly; its 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17), distinct from the desertification treaty's COP17 held in Mongolia in August, met in Yerevan, Armenia, from 19 to 31 October 2026. It closed by adopting the Yerevan Pathway, the Parties' answer to the first global review of the Kunming–Montreal framework, after India had pressed for finance and technology from developed countries, backed the Cali Fund and released guidelines for designating other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs).
- CBD COP17
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
- Yerevan
- Cali Fund
- digital sequence information
- NBSAP
- Bhupender Yadav
- OECM
- Cartagena Protocol
- biosafety
- access and benefit sharing
- Yerevan Pathway
- Sevan Guidelines
- COP18
- Article 8(j)
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