Delegates from all over the world are gathering in Montreal on Tuesday for the two-week UN biodiversity summit known as COP15.  

Huang Runqui, Minister of Ecology and Environment of China, and COP15 President welcomed participants to the conference and stressed that biodiversity loss is a shared challenge for all humanity.

Scientists, government officials and environmental activists will attempt to iron out a deal to ensure protection for the planet’s ecosystems, which are increasingly vanishing in the industrialized world.  

Take a look at how COP15 could make all the difference to the natural world.

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