The Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 7) and the Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 12) will be held in PyeongChang, Republic of Korea from 29 September to 3 October 2014 and from 6 to 17 October 2014 respectively. The theme of COP 12 will be “Biodiversity for Sustainable Development”.