Convention on Biological Diversity

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international environmental treaty multilateral environmental agreement

The Convention on Biological Diversity is a landmark international treaty adopted in 1992 that aims to conserve biological diversity, promote sustainable use of its components, and ensure fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from genetic resources.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Convention on Biological Diversity canonical	57
Rio Convention on Biological Diversity	2
Article 15 of the Convention on Biological Diversity	1
Convention on Biological Diversity Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020	1
United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international environmental treaty ⓘ multilateral environmental agreement ⓘ
adoptedAt	Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
adoptedAtConference	United Nations Conference on Environment and Development ⓘ
adoptedInYear	1992 ⓘ
adoptedOn	1992-06-05 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ surface form: Rio Convention on Biological Diversity
articleCount	42 ⓘ
COPAbbreviation	COP ⓘ
COPFrequency	biennial ⓘ
depositary	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	1993-12-29 ⓘ
establishesPrinciple	access to genetic resources subject to national sovereignty ⓘ mutually agreed terms for benefit-sharing ⓘ prior informed consent for access to genetic resources ⓘ
focusArea	biodiversity conservation ⓘ ecosystem conservation ⓘ genetic resources ⓘ traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources ⓘ
frameworkFor	global biodiversity governance ⓘ
governingBody	Conference of the Parties ⓘ surface form: Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
hasProtocol	Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety ⓘ Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization ⓘ Nagoya–Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
objective	conservation of biological diversity ⓘ fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources ⓘ sustainable use of the components of biological diversity ⓘ
openedForSignatureAt	Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
openedForSignatureOn	1992-06-05 ⓘ
preambleRecognizes	importance of biological diversity for evolution ⓘ importance of biological diversity for maintaining life-sustaining systems of the biosphere ⓘ intrinsic value of biological diversity ⓘ
relatedTo	Sustainable Development Goals ⓘ United Nations Environment Programme ⓘ
requires	national biodiversity strategies and action plans ⓘ periodic national reporting on implementation ⓘ
secretariat	Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ
secretariatHeadquarters	Montreal ⓘ
secretariatHeadquartersCountry	Canada ⓘ
shortName	CBD ⓘ
subjectMatter	access and benefit-sharing ⓘ biological diversity ⓘ genetic resources ⓘ

Referenced by (62)

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UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme → relatedTo → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

United Nations Environment Programme → supportsTreaty → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species → citedBy → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora → relatedTo → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review → relatedTo → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Convention on Biological Diversity → alsoKnownAs → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rio Convention on Biological Diversity

Life Below Water → relatedTo → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Life on Land → relatedToConvention → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services → cooperatesWith → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Convention on Migratory Species → relatedTo → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Convention on Biological Diversity bodies → partOf → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Convention on Biological Diversity bodies → legalBasis → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Treaties of Mexico → hasPart → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

World Association of Zoos and Aquariums → collaboratesWith → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development → adoptedDocument → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development → adoptedConvention → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 → relatedTo → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

SNASPE → relatedTo → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Global Biodiversity Information Facility → supportsPolicyProcess → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

CBD → fullName → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

subject surface form: Convention on Biological Diversity

CBD → alsoKnownAs → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

subject surface form: Convention on Biological Diversity

this entity surface form: Rio Convention on Biological Diversity

Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety → parentTreaty → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization → partOf → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization → legalBasis → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article 15 of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization → linkedTo → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

this entity surface form: Convention on Biological Diversity Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020

Nagoya–Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress → framework → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Nagoya–Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress → relatedTo → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity → parentOrganization → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity → administers → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity → supportsImplementationOf → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity → establishedBy → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification → relatedConvention → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Sustainable Development Goal 15 → alignedWith → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture → relatedTo → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing → relatedTo → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity → coordinatesWith → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

EU biodiversity strategy → basedOn → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Global Environment Facility → isFinancialMechanismFor → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Rio Declaration on Environment and Development → relatedTo → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Plenary of member states → relatedTo → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

IUCN protected area categories I–VI → relatedTo → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

World Database on Protected Areas → supportsReportingTo → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

National Biodiversity Authority → relatedTo → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

United Nations Forum on Forests → coordinatesWith → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Rio Conventions (forest-related aspects) → basedOn → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on the Review of Implementation of the Convention → partOf → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on the Review of Implementation of the Convention → legalBasis → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Financial Mechanism of the Convention on Biological Diversity → partOf → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Financial Mechanism of the Convention on Biological Diversity → hasLegalBasisIn → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ

Financial Mechanism of the Convention on Biological Diversity → supportsImplementationOf → Convention on Biological Diversity ⓘ