print email comment close Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) URL: http://www.cbd.int/ Description: This agreement, adopted at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, "establishes three main goals: the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits from the use of genetic resources." This site contains news and documents related to the convention, a biosafety clearinghouse, and publications, links, and other resources on biodiversity. Searchable. A United Nations program. Publisher: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, United Nations Environment Programme Extra Keywords Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, World Summit on Sustainable Development Library of Congress Subject Headings: Biological diversity conservation Sustainable development Treaties LII Database Information: Record 9920 created by Sybil Finemel on 10/26/2003 Last modification on 06/12/2007 Last review by Tom McGibney on 10/16/2005 Published: 10/26/2003   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/9920