Members of the Sendai scientific community were amply represented in theUnitedNationsConventiononBiologicalDiversity (CBD) in the Japanese city of Nagoya, in mid-October 2010.
This 2020 Challenge was Scotland's response to the European Union's Biodiversity Strategy for 2020 and the 'Aichi Targets' set by theUnitedNationsConventiononBiologicalDiversity.