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Brief Background On CBD

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is an international agreement adopted in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro to promote sustainable development. It has three main goals: conservation of biological diversity, sustainable use of its components, and fair and equitable sharing of benefits from genetic resources. Over 188 countries have signed the CBD, which also includes the Cartagena Protocol regulating genetically modified organisms. The convention aims to balance human needs with protecting the natural world for future generations.

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Brief Background On CBD

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is an international agreement adopted in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro to promote sustainable development. It has three main goals: conservation of biological diversity, sustainable use of its components, and fair and equitable sharing of benefits from genetic resources. Over 188 countries have signed the CBD, which also includes the Cartagena Protocol regulating genetically modified organisms. The convention aims to balance human needs with protecting the natural world for future generations.

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Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

At the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, world leaders agreed on a comprehensive
strategy for meeting our needs while ensuring that we leave a healthy and viable world for
future generations "Sustainable Development". One of the key agreements adopted at Rio was
the Convention on Biological Diversity.

This pact among the vast majority of the world's governments sets out commitments for
maintaining the world's ecological underpinnings as we go about the business of economic
development.

The Convention establishes three main goals:

1. The conservation of biological diversity,


2. The sustainable use of its components,
3. The fair and equitable sharing of the benefits from the use of genetic resources.

To date 188 Countries have signed the Convention including Zambia. Article 19 of the
Convention includes a supplementary agreement to the Convention regulating the transfer,
handling and use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The Conference of the Parties
to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on
29 January 2000. This protocol seeks to protect biological diversity from potential risks that
may be posed by living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology

Brief Background of the Convention

Preparations for a Convention on Biological Diversity were initiated by the Governing


Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1987 through the
establishment of an Ad Hoc Working roup of Experts on Biological Diversity which met in
1988. The Ad Hoc Working Group was followed in 1991 by an Intergovewrnmental
Negotiating Committee for a Convention on Biological Diversity. The agreed text of the
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was adopted by 101 Governments in Nairobi,
Kenya in May 1992 and signed by 159 Governments and the European Union at the Inited
Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro in
June 1992. The Convention entered into force on 29th December 1993 and the first meeting
of the Conference of Parties was held in Nassau, Bahamas, in November - December 1994.

The broad scope of the convention is illustrated in its Article 1, Objectives, which states:

The objectives of this Convention, to be pursued in accordance with its relevant provisions,
are the Conservation of Biological Diversity, the sustainable use of its components and the
fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources and by
appropriate transfer of relevant technologies, taking into account all rights over those
resources and to technologies, and by appropriate funding.

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