Concept information
Preferred term
Biodiversity Convention
Definition
- The Convention on Biological Diversity (“Biodiversity Convention” for short) is a treaty signed in 1992 by 150 government leaders who met at the so-called Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They pledged to promote sustainable development and to act to protect the natural resources of their respective countries. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business in Today's World; Biodiversity Convention]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Biodiversity_Convention
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