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CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity)

About the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

The CBD is a convention prepared to protect biodiversity on Earth. It was adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992, based on a global consensus on the need to converse biodiversity. It came into effect on December 29, 1993, and 197 countries have ratified the convention.

The CBD is one of the world’s three major environmental conventions, along with the Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification adopted in Paris, France in 1994.

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HISTORY

Background Information on the CBD

2010`s
  • Nov. 2018The 14th Conference of the Parties to the Convention (Egypt, Sharm el-Sheikh)
  • Dec. 2016The 13th Conference of the Parties to the Convention (Mexico, Cancún)
  • Oct. 2014The 12th Conference of the Parties to the Convention (Pyeongchang, Korea)
  • Oct. 2012The 11th Conference of the Parties to the Convention (Hyderabad, India)
  • Oct. 2020The 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention (Nagoya, Japan)
2000`s
  • May 2008The 9th Conference of the Parties to the Convention (Bonn, Germany)
  • Mar. 2006The 8th Conference of the Parties to the Convention (Curitiba, Brazil)
  • Mar. 2005The number of parties to the Convention reaches 188 (incl. most of the developed nations, except for the United States)
  • Feb. 2004The 7th Conference of the Parties to the Convention (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
  • Apr. 2002The 6th Conference of the Parties to the Convention (Hague, Netherlands)
  • May 2000The 5th Conference of the Parties to the Convention (Nairobi, Kenya)
1990`s
  • May 1998 The 4th Conference of the Parties to the Convention (Bratislava, Slovakia)
  • Nov. 1996 The 3rd Conference of the Parties to the Convention (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  • Nov. 1995 The 2nd Conference of the Parties to the Convention (Jakarta, Indonesia)
  • Nov. 1994 The 1st Conference of the Parties to the Convention (Nassau, Bahamas)
  • Oct. 1994 Korea officially becomes a party to the Convention
  • Dec. 1993 The CBD enters into force
  • Oct. 1993 The 1st Inter-Governmental Meeting on Biological Diversity (Geneva, Switzerland)
  • June 1992 Opened the convention for signatures at the UNCED and obtained signatures from 158 countries incl. Korea (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
  • May 1992 Adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity at a meeting of the representatives (Nairobi, Kenya)