Strangled at birth? Forest biotech and the Convention on Biological Diversity

Convention on Biological Diversity ( COP 7 )

The world has made great strides in reducing hunger, yet the problem of malnutrition, particularly the “hidden hunger” caused by missing micronutrients, constitutes a formidable challenge for the future. Biodiversity has a crucial role to play in mitigating the effects of micronutrient deficiencies, which are debilitating hundreds of millions of people in developing countries, particularly chil...

Enhanced Implementation of the Biological Diversity Convention

It is expected that this working group will present a report to the Permanent Committee, at least six months before the next Alpine Conference. The proposed system for monitoring and information concerning the Alps was under discussion. The Permanent Committee received the mandate to re-examine the regime at the end of the transitional period on the basis of information obtained and to make pro...

The Ecosystem Approach of the Convention on Biological Diversity

3 Summary It has increasingly become accepted in recent years that ecosystems can only be managed sensibly if they are perceived and protected in their entirety. To this end, 12 principles for an ecosystem approach and 5 points of operational guidance have been elaborated in the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity. They have not been applied to a marine ecosystem as yet. The " E...

Paper for the Secretariat Convention on Biological Diversity Incentives for the Conservation of Biological Diversity

Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Brazil

Outstanding among the global environmental issues that have emerged since the 1980s is the issue of the rapid loss of biodiversity. This is an issue that is urgent from the ecological standpoint and strategic from the economic, political and social standpoints. With the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD, 1992) a new global framework was introduced, together with a new international code o...