Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
Introduction
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, 40% of the world's economy is based directly and indirectly on the use of biological resources. It is therefore not surprising that sustainable use of biological diversity is one of the three objectives set out in the Convention’s first article, and that Decision V/24 frames sustainable use as one of the Convention’s cross-cutting issues. More »
What's New
6 February 2010Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Satoyama/Satoumi Forum, 6 February 2010, Kanazawa, Japan. More » |
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29 January 2010Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Global Workshop on the Satoyama Initiative, Paris, 29 January 2010. More » |
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20 January 2010Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on biological Diversity, on the occasion of the UNCTAD Event on Redefining Sustainability in the International Agenda: Inspiring Greater Engagement in Biodiversity Issues, Geneva, 20 January 2010. More » |
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Notifications
19 November 2009 (2009-159)Request for submissions of views and information on the proposals for new and emerging issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. More » |
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