Sustainable Use of Biodiversity Sustainable Use of Biodiversity About Sustainable Use Introduction BackgroundProcess Programme COP Decisions Related Information Meetings and Documents Other Relevant DocumentsNotificationsDiscussion Forum on Sustainable Use Implementation Best Practices Regional WorkshopsAddis Ababa Principles and Guidelines Sustainable Use of Biodiversity Saturday // 4.4.2009 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 » Upcoming Meetings5–8 May 2025, Venue to be determined World Bank Land Conference29 - 30 May 2025, Nairobi, Kenya Resumed 2nd Session of the UN-Habitat Assembly23 - 31 July 2025, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe 15th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity Saturday // 4.4.2009 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 » Upcoming Meetings5–8 May 2025, Venue to be determined World Bank Land Conference29 - 30 May 2025, Nairobi, Kenya Resumed 2nd Session of the UN-Habitat Assembly23 - 31 July 2025, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe 15th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
