Convention on Biological Diversity
note - abbreviated as Biodiversity
opened for signature -
5 June 1992
entered into force -
29 December 1993
objective - to develop national strategies for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity
parties - (176)
Albania,
Algeria,
Angola,
Antigua and Barbuda,
Argentina,
Armenia,
Australia,
Austria, The
Bahamas,
Bahrain,
Bangladesh,
Barbados,
Belarus,
Belgium,
Belize,
Benin,
Bhutan,
Bolivia,
Botswana,
Brazil,
Bulgaria,
Burkina Faso,
Burma,
Burundi,
Cambodia,
Cameroon,
Canada,
Cape Verde,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Chile,
China,
Colombia,
Comoros,
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Republic of the Congo,
Cook Islands,
Costa Rica,
Côte d'Ivoire,
Croatia,
Cuba,
Cyprus,
Czech Republic,
Denmark,
Djibouti,
Dominica,
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
Egypt,
El Salvador,
Equatorial Guinea,
Eritrea,
Estonia,
Ethiopia,
EU,
Fiji,
Finland,
France,
Gabon, The
Gambia,
Georgia,
Germany,
Ghana,
Greece,
Grenada,
Guatemala,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Guyana,
Haiti,
Honduras,
Hungary,
Iceland,
India,
Indonesia,
Iran,
Ireland,
Israel,
Italy,
Jamaica,
Japan,
Jordan,
Kazakhstan,
Kenya,
Kiribati,
North Korea,
South Korea,
Kyrgyzstan,
Laos,
Latvia,
Lebanon,
Lesotho,
Liechtenstein,
Lithuania,
Luxembourg, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia,
Madagascar,
Malawi,
Malaysia,
Maldives,
Mali,
Marshall Islands,
Mauritania,
Mauritius,
Mexico, Federated States of
Micronesia,
Moldova,
Monaco,
Mongolia,
Morocco,
Mozambique,
Namibia,
Nauru,
Nepal,
Netherlands,
NZ,
Nicaragua,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Niue,
Norway,
Oman,
Pakistan,
Palau,
Panama,
Papua New Guinea,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Philippines,
Poland,
Portugal,
Qatar,
Romania,
Russia,
Rwanda,
Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Saint Lucia,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Samoa,
San Marino,
Sao Tome and Principe,
Senegal,
Seychelles,
Sierra Leone,
Singapore,
Slovakia,
Slovenia,
Solomon Islands,
South Africa,
Spain,
Sri Lanka,
Sudan,
Suriname,
Swaziland,
Sweden,
Switzerland,
Syria,
Tajikistan,
Tanzania,
Togo,
Tonga,
Trinidad and Tobago,
Tunisia,
Turkey,
Turkmenistan,
Uganda,
Ukraine,
United Kingdom,
Uruguay,
Uzbekistan,
Vanuatu,
Venezuela,
Vietnam,
Yemen,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe
countries that have signed, but not yet ratified - (11)
Afghanistan,
Azerbaijan,
Kuwait,
Liberia,
Libya,
Malta,
Thailand,
Tuvalu,
UAE,
United States of America, former
Yugoslavia
See also Environmental agreements.
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