Convention on Biological Diversity
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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.
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See also
- 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership
- 2010 Biodiversity Target
- Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs)
- Biodiversity banking
- Biological Diversity Act, 2002
- Biopiracy
- Bioprospecting
- Biosphere Reserve
- Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
- Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna
- Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat
- Ecotourism
- Endangered species
- Endangered Species Recovery Plan
- Environmental agreements
- Environmental Modification Convention, another ban on weather modification / climate engineering.
- Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)
- Green Development Initiative (GDI)
- Holocene extinction
- Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
- International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups
- International Organization for Biological Control
- International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- International Day for Biological Diversity
- International Year of Biodiversity
- Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918
- Red Data Book of Singapore
- Red Data Book of the Russian Federation
- Satoyama
- Sustainable forest management
- United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
- United Nations Decade on Biodiversity
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre
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