17th Conference of Parties of United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity gets underway in Yerevan, Armenia # UNCBD COP 17
17 th Conference of Parties of United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity gets underway in Yerevan, Armenia Yerevan, Armenia 19.10.26 Malini Shankar Digital Discourse Executive Secretary Ms. Astrid Schomacher with other leaders at the inaguration of UNCBD COP 17 in Yerevan Armnia on 18th October 2026. Official delegations were welcomed by Armenia’s Environment Minster with UN Secretary General Antonio Gueterres beside him on Friday in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. The opening ceremony on 18.10.26 officially kicked off the 17 th Conference of Parties to the United Nations’ Convention on Biological Diversity. The technical and Plenary Sessions are slated to commence at 10.00 a.m. in Yerevan from today Monday 19th October 2026. Headline was that the deforestation in the Amazon basin has decreased substantially for the first time since satellite monitoring commenced in 1988. The Amazon recorded a historic low in deforestation in 2026: 3.335 km², the lo...