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Biodiversity Convention  

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  • The Convention on Biological Diversity (“Biodiversity Convention” for short) is a treaty signed in 1992 by 150 government leaders who met at the so-called Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They pledged to promote sustainable development and to act to protect the natural resources of their respective countries. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business in Today's World; Biodiversity Convention]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-PM55SQJ5-L

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