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Convention of Biological Diversity Prepares for 2010 International Year of Biodiversity
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), created in 1993, is an international treaty that comprehensively addresses biodiversity issues to achieve sustainable development. Signed by 150 government leaders at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, the Convention recognizes that biological diversity is about more than plants, animals and micro organisms and their ecosystems - it is about people and our need for food security, medicines, fresh air and water, shelter, and a clean and healthy environment.
2010 marks the International Year of Biodiversity, beginning with a high-level event hosted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris on 21-22 January 2010. A new exhibition on biodiversity will travel around the world in 2010. UNESCO will also hold a scientific conference from 25-29 January focusing on a number of topics identified by the Conference of the Parties as requiring scientific attention. There will also be a high-level meeting to be held in conjunction with the sixth-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2010 concerning the issue of biodiversity for development. In December, Kanazawa Prefecture in Japan will host an event to close the International Year.
For more information about the CBD and the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity, visit http://www.cbd.int
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