amas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile,
China, Comoros, Cote dIvoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, European Union,
Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland,
Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, South Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon,
Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius,
Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan,
Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saint
Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles,
Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden,
Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Arab
Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Zaire, Zambia

countries that have signed, but not yet ratified -- (9) Afghanistan,
Bolivia, Colombia, Germany, Guatemala, Haiti, Thailand, United States,
Venezuela

Biodiversity

see -- Convention on Biological Diversity

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 -- (111) Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia,
Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus,
Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina, Burma, Cameroon, Canada,
Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote
dIvoire, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador,
Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, European
Union, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece,
Grenada, Guinea, Guyana, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Italy,
Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea,
South Korea, Lebanon, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives,
Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia,
Monaco, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria,
Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru,
Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia,
San Marino, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Spain, Sri
Lanka, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Uganda, United
Kingdom, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Samoa, Zaire,
Zambia, Zimbabwe

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