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Apr 10, 2024 · The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is the first global agreement to cover all aspects of biological diversity: the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from …
COP15: Nations Adopt Four Goals, 23 Targets for 2030 In …
Dec 19, 2022 · Convened under UN auspices, chaired by China, and hosted by Canada, the 15th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the “ Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework” (GBF), including four goals and 23 targets for achievement by 2030.
World Leaders Meet to Address Biodiversity Crisis, but U.S. Stays …
Oct 14, 2021 · For three decades, the United States has failed to ratify the Convention on Biological Diversity, a global treaty to tackle threats to the world’s plants, animals and ecosystems.
Biodiversity: What is it and how can we protect it? | UN News
Jan 22, 2024 · The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) describes it as “the diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems, including plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi”. These three...
Biodiversity’s Tower of Babel: The confusion & disorientation of ...
Aug 24, 2024 · Decision 15/9 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was envisioned as a multilateral mechanism to fund conservation via the sharing of benefits arising from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources (DSI).
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Protecting biodiversity: Be part of the plan to save the planet - UN News
May 22, 2024 · Without immediate action to protect biodiversity, a million species could be at risk, warns David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.
UN report highlights links between ‘unprecedented ... - UN News
Sep 15, 2020 · The fifth edition of the UN’s Global Biodiversity Outlook report, published by the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), provides an authoritative overview of the state of nature...
New International Biodiversity Agreement Strengthens Climate …
Dec 19, 2022 · UN Climate Change News, 19 December 2022 – Countries meeting at the UN Biodiversity Conference COP15 in Montreal have reached an agreement that represents a key step in protecting the world’s lands and oceans and …
Why the US won’t join this key treaty to save nature | Vox
May 20, 2021 · Yet there’s one big problem with this post-Trump environmental renaissance: The US still hasn’t joined the most important international agreement to conserve biodiversity, known as the Convention...