2010 was the International Year of Biodiversity and the Secretariat of the CBD was its focal point. The 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference closed on 29 November 2018 with broad international settlement on reversing the global destruction of nature and biodiversity loss threatening all forms of life on Earth. The theme of the declaration was "Ecological Civilization: Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth". Leading as much as the Conference of the Parties (COP 11) meeting on biodiversity in ...