Biodiversity COP meet

Tonga represented at Biodiversity COP meet in Canada

The Kingdom participated in the first week on the Ad Hoc Open-ended Inter-Sessional Working Group on Article 8(j) in Montreal, Canada, last week.

Tonga will also attend the second meeting, called the Twenty-third meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice which will run until the 29 November.

The other Pacific countries represented are Cook Islands, Palau and Solomon Islands.

Tonga's delegation includes Environment Department Director Atelaite Lupe Matoto and Principal Biodiversity Officer Tahirih Fitita Hokafonu.