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Microorganisms, Australia and the Convention on Biological Diversity

Biodiversity and Conservation, 1999
The Convention on Biological Diversity arose as an international agreement for the conservation and continued exploitation of Earth's biological diversity (biodiversity). It directly affects those involved in conservation, exploitation and investigation of biodiversity in all its forms, as well as affecting the viability of all life.
Michael R. Gillings
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The convention on biological diversity: A conventionalist approach

Ecological Economics, 2005
The erosion of biological diversity pertains to the category of problems that are brought to the fore in ‘debated universes’. There are scientific controversies about their definition, import and possible solutions and they involve opposing economic interests and political strategies. A ‘convention’–commonly shared values, set of definitions, rules and
Boisvert, Valerie, Vivien, Franck-Dominique   +1 more
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The Convention on Biological Diversity's 2010 Target [PDF]

Science, 2005
Governments are often accused of responding only to short-term and parochial considerations. It is therefore remarkable that representatives of 190 countries recently committed themselves at the Convention on Biological Diversity to reducing biodiversity loss.
Balmford, Andrew, Bennun, Leon, ten Brink, Ben, Cooper, David, Cote, Isabelle M., Crane, Peter, Dobson, Andrew, Dudley, Nigel, Dutton, Ian, Green, Rhys E., Gregory, Richard D., Harrison, Jeremy, Kennedy, Elizabeth T., Kremen, Claire, Leader-Williams, Nigel, Lovejoy, Thomas E., Mace, Georgina M., May, Robert, Mayaux, Philipe, Morling, Paul, Phillips, Joanna, Redford, Kent, Ricketts, Taylor H., Rodriguez, Jon Paul, Sanjayan, M., Schei, Peter J., van Jaarsveld, Albert S., Walther, Bruno A.   +27 more
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The Convention on Biological Diversity

1992
As developing countries have come to realise the economic value of their biodiversity, so the political considerations surrounding its utilisation have become more complex. The direct commodity values of exploited biological resources, such as tropical hardwoods and fisheries, are well established, as are the indirect benefits from tourism and game ...
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Science and the Convention on Biological Diversity

Science, 2002
Can a treaty concerning all of life on Earth make a practical difference to scientists? As countries implement the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) work programs, apply its guidelines, and execute national strategies, its influence on science is likely to grow.
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Convention on Biological Diversity

Choice Reviews Online, 2013
H. David Cooper, Kieran Noonan-Mooney
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CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

2014
Importance of biological diversity is accepted by all the sectors dealing with biological objects. The term is not only restricted to plant and animal genetic resources, insects and other flora and fauna elements in the ecosystem, but also all diversity among elements of natural habitats that pertain to food production.
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The Convention on Biological Diversity and REDD+

2016
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) interfaces with REDD because the development of REDD holds significant potential to impact biodiversity and ecosystem services in forested developing countries, and because securing long-term carbon emissions reductions in tropical forests will require improvements in forest management that may correspond ...
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