South Africa will push for fair financing and equitable sharing of benefits from biodiversity conservation at the upcoming United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Yerevan, Armenia. The 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, known as COP17, runs from the 19th to the 30th of this month. South Africa's delegation will be led by Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Narend Singh. Thuto Ngobeni reports. 

<p>South Africa will push for fair financing and equitable sharing of benefits from biodiversity conservation at the upcoming United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Yerevan, Armenia. The 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, known as COP17, runs from the 19th to the 30th of this month. South Africa's delegation will be led by Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Narend Singh. Thuto Ngobeni reports.&nbsp;</p>