The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is an international meeting that brings together governments from around the world. Participants will define new goals and develop an action plan for nature over the next decade. The conference will take place from 02 to 19 December 2022, in Montreal, Canada, the seat of the United Nations CBD Secretariat.

The Convention on Biological Diversity came into force on 29 December 1993 and currently has 193 Parties.

The Convention aims to promote the conservation of biodiversity (including diversity within species, between species and ecosystems), the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources.

This year, the ^15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity is being held from 5 to 17 December 2022 in Montreal, CANADA. It will take place concurrently with the 10th Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CP-MOP10) and the 4th Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits (ABS) arising from their use (NP-MOP4).

These meetings will be preceded by the ^5th meeting of the open-ended working group from 03 to 04 December 2022 in Montreal, CANADA in order to finalize the post-2020 Global Framework for Biological Diversity document.

Burkina Faso regularly participates in CBD COPs and protocol meetings. The general objective of its participation in these COPs is to contribute to a better implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its protocols.

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Participation in this COP15 is specifically aimed at:

• contribute to the finalization and adoption of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework;
• contribute to the establishment of a permanent mechanism for mobilizing resources for the implementation of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework;

contribute to the harmonization of Africa's position on issues relating to digital sequencing of genetic resources, modern biotechnology in the fight against pandemics, and synthetic biology.