High Level Conference on Business & Biodiversity
> 18 June 08
Countdown 2010 cooperated with the Portugese EU Presidency in presenting the High Level Conference on Business & Biodiversity held in Lisbon on 12-13 November 2007.
More than 400 leaders from business, governments, the European Union and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) attended the conference, marking a major shift in thinking on the role of business in biodiversity conservation. The conference highlighted the understanding between public and private sectors on the critical importance of biodiversity and what needs to be done now to stem a steadily worsening global biodiversity crisis.
