was the 8 ^th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

The COP is the governing body of the CBD. ”Parties” to the COP refers to those countries that have signed and ratified the Convention.

COP8 met in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil March 20-31 and it was at this meeting that the moratorium on Terminator was upheld and strengthened - despite the strong efforts of industry and a few rich governments to end the moratorium. Click here to read the final decision from COP8.