Hyderabad will play host to the 18-day International Biodiversity Conference of Parties slated from October 1.
The next round of the conference will be held in Korea.
R. Hampaiah, Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh State Bio Diversity Board, said over 8,000 delegates from 193 countries were expected to participate in the summit.
“It will discuss a wide-range of bio-diversity issues. At the end, the outcome of the conference will be named as the Hyderabad Protocol or something to that effect,” he told media persons here today.
To mark the occasion, an Rs 100-crore biodiversity museum will be set up in Hyderabad. While the Union Government will provide the finance, the State Government will contribute 15-acre land for the project, he said, adding that it would take about two years for completion.
Hampaiah said the State Government will showcase the wealth of medicinal plants that the State was bestowed with.