NAGOYA — While the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity finally wound to an end Saturday morning, a group of international students said their work toward COP11, slated for 2012 in India, was only just beginning.

"We aim to send youth from at least 100 countries to COP11," said Christian Schwartzer, 23, a German student and a member of Global Youth Biodiversity Organization, a network of international student groups working to protect biodiversity.

They will also prepare themselves to become official participants of the international biodiversity negotiations.