India to host 13th Conference of Parties of Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species

India to host 13th Conference of Parties of Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species

India to host 13th Conference of Parties of Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species

The 13th Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals (CMS), an environmental treaty under the aegis of United Nations Environment Programme, is going to be hosted by India during 15th to 22nd February, 2020 at Gandhinagar in Gujarat.

Representatives from 129 Parties and eminent conservationists and international NGOs working in the field of wildlife conservation are expected to attend the COP.

India has been a Party to the CMS since 1983. The Conference of Parties (COP) is the decision-making organ of this convention.

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