YEREVAN— The 17th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) officially began in Yerevan on October 19, bringing together government representatives, international organizations, scientists and environmental advocates for two weeks of negotiations on protecting the world’s increasingly threatened ecosystems. The conference, hosted by Armenia under the theme Taking Action […] The post COP17 opens in Yerevan amid global biodiversity challenges and criticism of Armenia’s environmental policies first appeared on Horizon Weekly .