The Ontario Biodiversity Council was proud to attend COP 13, the Conference of the Parties in Cancun, Mexico in December 2016.  It is the highest governing body of the Convention on Biological Diversity.  OBC was there to share Ontario’s unique model for conserving biodiversity and the work of Council including the Ontario Biodiversity Strategy, reporting on the state of biodiversity in the province, and, making essential links between biodiversity and climate change.