Category:Convention on Biological Diversity

The Convention on Biological Diversity was opened for signature on June 5th, 1992 at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (also known as the Rio Earth Summit). There are currently 193 countries that are signatories to the convention, including Canada. Its objectives are "the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources, including by appropriate access to genetic resources and by appropriate transfer of relevant technologies, taking into account all rights over those resources and to technologies, and by appropriate funding." The Secreteriat of the Convention on Biological Diversity assists the signatory countries.