Countdown Natur was able to report exclusively in advance on core developments in the two-year wrangling about where and when the World Biodiversity Summit would be staged – on 14.06., no other German-speaking media (or international media, for that matter) broke the news that the event had been postponed again and that China was no longer insisting on Kunming as the venue. There were also exclusive statements by CBD Executive Secretary Mrema and German ministers Lemke and Schulze. The decision that the Summit would take place in Canada in December was finally announced on 20.06. (which was otherwise only reported by the Guardian at the same time as Countdown Natur).