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SECOND MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY: 6-17 NOVEMBER 1995

The second session of the Conference of the Parties (COP-2) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) met in Jakarta, Indonesia from 6 - 17 November 1995. The theme of the session was "Biodiversity for Equitable Welfare of all People."

If COP-1 established the basic machinery for the Convention's implementation, COP-2 initiated this process. Some of the key decisions taken by COP-2 include: designation of the permanent location of the Secretariat as Montreal, Canada; agreement to develop a protocol on biosafety; operation of the clearing-house mechanism; adoption of a programme of work funded by a larger budget; designation of the GEF as the continuing interim institutional structure for the financial mechanism; consideration of its first substantive issue, marine and coastal biodiversity; and agreement to address forests and biodiversity, including the development of a statement from the CBD to the Commission on Sustainable Development's (CSD) Intergovernmental Panel on Forests (IPF) and promise of possible further input to the IPF.