Convention on Biological diversity

Text of convention on biological diversity

This text which has value of treaty (for the countries which ratified it) does not have however yet much constraining range. This long text (+ - 85 pages) presents a recall of use of the terms in its article 2. and introduced the Precaution principle.

In connection with convention

Convention recognizes for the first time in international law which the conservation of biological diversity is a concern common to the whole of humanity and is consubstantial development process. The agreement covers the whole of the ecosystems, the species and the genetic resources. She connects the traditional efforts of conservation to the economic objectives using in a durable way the living resources. She establishes the principles for the division right and equitable of the benefit coming from the use of the genetic resources, in particular those intended for the use commercial. She also covers the field of biotechnology through her protocol of Carthagène on the biosecurity, tackling the questions of technological development, of the divisions of the advantages and biosecurity. Above all, convention is juridically obligatory; the countries adhering are constrained to it to apply its provisions.

Convention recalls the decision makers that the natural resources are not unlimited and recommends a durable use of those. While the former efforts of conservation aimed at the protection of certain species and certain habitats, convention recognizes that the ecosystems, the species and the genes must be to use with the profit of humanity. However, this should be made in way and at a rate/rhythm which does not cause a long-term decline of biological diversity.

Signatories

189 - Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Germany, Angola, Antigua-and-Barbuda, Argentinian, Arménie, Australia, Austria, Azerbaïdjan, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bielorussia, Belgium, Belize, Benign, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Kampuchea, Cameroun, Canada , Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Popular republic of China, Colombia, the Comoros, Democratic republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Islands Cook, Costa Rica, Ivory Coast, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominique, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Spain, the El Salvador, Guinea Equatoriale, Érythrée, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Grenade, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan , Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Maurice, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldavie, Monaco, Mongolia , Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, New Guinea-News-Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Filipino, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint-Christophe-and-Niévès, St Lucia , Holy Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Divide into volumes-and-Principle, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Swiss, Syria, Tadjikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkménistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, Ouzbékistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Pays which signed the treaty but it did not ratify yet - the United States.

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