New Delhi: Delegates from 196 parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will gather in Panama City to discuss and deliberate related issues in two significant meetings from Monday to October 30.

The first meeting, named SBSTTA-27, will prepare the first global review of progress in implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), the historic agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity loss, articulated around 23 action targets, unanimously adopted by the parties in 2022.

The targets must be achieved by 2030 to put the world on the path to living in harmony with nature — the vision adopted within the KMGBF.

SB8J-1, the second meeting, will see the Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j) and Other Provisions of the Convention meet for the first time, marking

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