Conference. Urban Biodiversity: URBIO 2012

Urban Biodiversity and Climate Change; Adaptation and Mitigation – October 8 – 12th, 2012 Mumbai, India

The 3rd International conference of Urban Biodiversity and Design (URBIO 2012) is being organized by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and will be held in Mumbai, India from 8th to 12th October 2012.

URBIO is an open worldwide scientific network for education and research that aims to promote biodiversity in the urban context through a continuing dialogue with the Convention on Biological Diversitys Global Partnership on Local Action for Biodiversity. To implement the Strategic Plan 2011-2020 of the CBD in the urban context, URBIO 2012 will be held before CBD-COP 11, planned for Hyderabad in October 2012, and will feed into its deliberations, as well as into the Second City Biodiversity Summit.

More info: www.hss.iitb.ac.in/urbio2012/