Convention for biodiversity | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-07

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_Biological_Diversity


00:02:32 1 Origin and scope
00:06:22 2 Issues
00:07:53 3 Cartagena Protocol
00:09:16 4 Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
00:09:48 5 Parties
00:10:34 6 International bodies established
00:14:03 7 Country implementation
00:14:13 7.1 National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP)
00:15:56 7.2 National Reports
00:16:16 8 Executive secretary
00:16:42 9 Nagoya Protocol
00:17:48 10 Meetings of the parties
00:17:57 10.1 1994 COP 1
00:18:18 10.2 1995 COP 2
00:18:38 10.3 1996 COP 3
00:18:59 10.4 1998 COP 4
00:19:19 10.5 1999 EXCOP 1
00:19:40 10.6 2000 COP 5
00:19:58 10.7 2002 COP 6
00:20:18 10.8 2004 COP 7
00:20:38 10.9 2006 COP 8
00:20:58 10.10 2008 COP 9
00:21:16 10.11 2010 COP 10
00:21:35 10.12 2012 COP 11
00:22:05 10.13 2014 COP 12
00:23:33 10.14 2016 COP 13
00:23:55 10.15 2018 COP 14
00:24:51 11 Commemorative periods
00:25:27 12 Criticism
00:27:53 13 See also



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SUMMARY
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The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), known informally as the Biodiversity Convention, is a multilateral treaty. The Convention has three main goals including: the conservation of biological diversity (or biodiversity); the sustainable use of its components; and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from genetic resources.
In other words, its objective is to develop national strategies for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. It is often seen as the key document regarding sustainable development. The Convention was opened for signature at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro on 5 June 1992 and entered into force on 29 December 1993. CBD has two supplementary agreements - Cartagena Protocol and Nagoya Protocol. The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity is an international treaty governing the movements of living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology from one country to another. It was adopted on 29 January 2000 as a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity and entered into force on 11 September 2003. The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS) to the Convention on Biological Diversity is a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity. It provides a transparent legal framework for the effective implementation of one of the three objectives of the CBD: the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources. 
The Nagoya Protocol on ABS was adopted on 29 October 2010 in Nagoya, Japan and entered into force on 12 October 2014, 90 days after the deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification. Its objective is the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources, thereby contributing to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.