see — Convention on Biological Diversity
Convention on Biological Diversity
note — abbreviated as Biodiversity
opened for signature — 5 June 1992
entered into force — 29 December 1993
objective — to develop national strategies for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity
parties — (111) Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia,
Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus,
Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina, Burma, Cameroon, Canada,
Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote
dIvoire, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador,
Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, European
Union, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece,
Grenada, Guinea, Guyana, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Italy,
Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea,
South Korea, Lebanon, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives,
Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia,
Monaco, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria,
Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru,
Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia,
San Marino, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Spain, Sri
Lanka, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Uganda, United
Kingdom, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Samoa, Zaire,
Zambia, Zimbabwe
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified — (64) Afghanistan,
Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Bhutan, Botswana,
Bulgaria, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Congo,
Croatia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Gabon, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau,
Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Kuwait, Latvia, Liberia,
Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Madagascar, Mali, Malta, Mauritania,
Moldova, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Niger, Oman, Poland,
Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Singapore, Slovenia,
Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tanzania,
Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Tuvalu, Ukraine, United
Arab Emirates, United States, Yemen, former Yugoslavia
Climate Change
see — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change