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Conventions, agreements and other documents
Biodiversity is a diversity of all life forms regardless of the environment and diversity between species, the species themselves (genetic diversity) and the diversity of ecosystems.
The most important international document in response to the diversification of biodiversity is the Convention on Biological Diversity, which sets out three main objectives:
The Convention on Biological Diversity is complemented by the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization.
The European Union is a signatory to:
The Paris Agreement is also extremely important, which includes the goal of ensuring the integrity of all ecosystems and the protection of biodiversity, and emphasizes the role of the land use sector in achieving long-term goals of climate change mitigation.
The EU is also a signatory to regional conventions:
Important instruments are protocols such as the Protocol concerning specially protected areas and biological diversity in the Mediterranean and the Nagoya and Kuala Lumpur Complementary Protocol on Liability and Compensation to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and treaties such as the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
The most important international document in response to the diversification of biodiversity is the Convention on Biological Diversity, which sets out three main objectives:
- conservation of biological diversity on Earth;
- sustainable use of biodiversity components;
- fair and impartial sharing of the benefits arising from the exploitation of genetic resources.
The Convention on Biological Diversity is complemented by the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization.
The European Union is a signatory to:
· Ramsar conventions on the protection of wetlands,
· Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES),
· Bonn Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals,
· The Berne Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats,
· Rio de Janeiro Convention.
The Paris Agreement is also extremely important, which includes the goal of ensuring the integrity of all ecosystems and the protection of biodiversity, and emphasizes the role of the land use sector in achieving long-term goals of climate change mitigation.
The EU is also a signatory to regional conventions:
· Helsinki Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area,
· Barcelona Convention on the Mediterranean,
· Convention on the Protection of the Alps,
· Aarhus Conventions.
Important instruments are protocols such as the Protocol concerning specially protected areas and biological diversity in the Mediterranean and the Nagoya and Kuala Lumpur Complementary Protocol on Liability and Compensation to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and treaties such as the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.