The UN Biodiversity Conference resulted in significant commitments for action on biodiversity. Agreements were reached on actions to integrate biodiversity in forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and tourism sectors and to achieve the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development, as well as actions on specific themes including protected areas, ecosystem restoration, marine biodiversity, biodiversity and health, synthetic biology, and traditional knowledge, among others, and on strengthening capacity-development and the mobilization of financial resources. The main outcomes of the Conference include:

• The Cancun Declaration on mainstreaming the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity for well-being ( العربية English Español Français Русский 中文)
• Decisions of the 13th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
• Decisions of the 8th meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
• Decisions of the 2nd meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits arising from their utilization

In addition, on the margins of the Conference, many pledges and commitments in support of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity were made by Governments, Business; Cities and Subnational Authorities, Indigenous People and Local Communities, and Youth and Civil Society:

• Cancun Commitments and Coalitions for Enhanced Implementation including the Like-Minded Mega-Diverse Countries Carta to Achieve Aichi Biodiversity Target 11
• Pronunciamiento de las Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil para la 13a COP del CDB ( Español)
• Position Paper of the Youth Forum ( English, Español)
• Cancun Business and Biodiversity Pledge
• Múuch'tambal Declaration ( English, Español)
• Quintana Roo Communiqué on Mainstreaming Local and Subnational Biodiversity Action 2016 ( English)
• Cancun Communiqué on the role of Legislators in mainstreaming biodiversity for well-being ( English, Español)

For more information on the special events that took place in the margins of COP 13:

• Civil Society and Youth Alliances for Mainstreaming Biodiversity to Wellbeing
• 3rd Science for Biodiversity Forum
• 2016 Business and Biodiversity Forum
• “Múuch'tambal” Summit on Indigenous Experience: Traditional Knowledge, biological and cultural diversity
• 5th Global Biodiversity Summit of Cities and Subnational Governments

See Also:

• Press release “UN Biodiversity Conference results in significant commitments for action on biodiversity” (18 December, 2016)

The UN Biodiversity Conference took place in Cancun, Mexico, 2 – 17 December, 2016, attended by over 6,000 participants including some 4,300 delegates from 170 countries and over 400 organizations. Over 300 side-events have taken place on the margins of the UN Biodiversity Conference. For more information on specific side-events, please visit the side-event website.