Talk:Convention on Biological Diversity

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This article is missing a thorough explanation of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets that the Convention focuses on in its work. The Targets are only mentioned briefly in this article and it would be extremely beneficial to list them explicitly and describe them in detail. As well, an explanation of what projects or initiatives being done within the Convention to address each of these targets poses relevant. Antonia.macris (talk) 23:31, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Aichi Biodiversity Targets are now included in the Nagoya Convention article, and I have created redirects there. They could do with more fleshing out, but at least it's a start. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 08:47, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Later... Changed my mind, after further reading. They do belong in this article. I've restructured the whole article and made them a bit more prominent, and they could be the subject of a new article if someone feels so inclined, but I don't have time at the moment. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 11:36, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

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 * Hi . I'm not new, and I know that. I only commented up here as an on-topic response to the comment above (and signed both of my comments) - although I think that editor is not active any more anyway. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 13:08, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Sharing the benefits of biodiversity with developing nations
Your article simply ignores the discussion on biopiracy and the fact that the Convention calls for the sharing of the results of research and development of products that derive from communities that bare the traditional knowledge of the use of this biodiversity. Pharmaceutic companies are supposed to pay for the use of indigenous knowledge, an area in which developed nations fail to meet their commitments with the Convention. These commitments are made clear in articles 15 and 19 of the Convention:

Article 15. Access to Genetic Resources

1. Recognizing the sovereign rights of States over their natural resources, the authority to determine access to genetic resources rests with the national governments and is subject to national legislation. (...)

7. Each Contracting Party shall take legislative, administrative or policy measures, as appropriate, and in accordance with Articles 16 and 19 and, where necessary, through the financial mechanism established by Articles 20 and 21 with the aim of sharing in a fair and equitable way the results of research and development and the benefits arising from the commercial and other utilization of genetic resources with the Contracting Party providing such resources. Such sharing shall be upon mutually agreed terms.

Article 19. Handling of Biotechnology and Distribution of its Benefits

1. Each Contracting Party shall take legislative, administrative or policy measures, as appropriate, to provide for the effective participation in biotechnological research activities by those Contracting Parties, especially developing countries, which provide the genetic resources for such research, and where feasible in such Contracting Parties.

-- André Bueno — Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.140.128.234 (talk • contribs) 11 May 2007 (UTC)

List of Parties
The actual list of Parties needs to be updated. The official list is available on the at http://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=UNTSONLINE&tabid=2&mtdsg_no=XXVII-8&chapter=27&lang=en. (Written by 69.90.183.226 previously, unsigned)
 * I removed Andorra and Somalia (and for the time being Iraq) from the list of parties, as per both http://www.cbd.int/convention/parties/list/ and the source you posted. According to the page's edit history, someone added those because of a CIA factbook link. Can we get that source linked, and which source should be trusted? I would assume treaties.un.org would be the first source to go to in this case. That one mostly agrees with my cbd.int link, but the dates differ a little, probably because they measure slightly different things, like one lists dates of ratification and one when they turn into effect or something. Lejman (talk) 21:30, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Wonderful page. I was hoping Wiki would have information showing that Canada missed its 2020 targets - but there does not appear to be a progress report. If someone wants to add that, here are three links. In the first, the government of Canada tells you where to find the targets - and in the 2nd link, we see the targets expressed - and an explanation that we promised to conserve at least 17% of terrestrial areas & inland waters. The third link shows that by the end of 2019, we're only at 12.1%. The 2nd link is clear in stating "Canada is making progress but at an insufficient rate to achieve the 17% terrestrial target . . ." SabaBPC (talk) 15:11, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/corporate/international-affairs/partnerships-organizations/biological-diversity-convention.html

https://biodivcanada.chm-cbd.net/canada-target-1

https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/conserved-areas.html

Redirect
Again a strange redirect. What is the definition of biodiversity/biological diversity? What threatens it? Who or what benefits from it? Are all theese redirect pages stubs for something more ambitious? --Anders Törlind

The redirect is there because of the abbreviation listed on the page of the agreement. If someone wants to write about "biodiversity", the redirect should of course be changed to a link on the page. I did it that way from the start on Whaling. The same goes for Marine Dumping. Note that if someone wants to write about that as a concept, they should use Marine dumping. The reason I want the redirects in the first place is that the CIA World Factbook uses them on its country pages, and I make them links when I get there. Using the long names there would be a pain. --Pinkunicorn

Awlrighty! I figured there was something going on there :-) Too bad i can only supply the questions on the subjects...Oh, well, one can't know everything.I think. --Anders Törlind

Nagoya Protocol
When the press release is removed, what is remaining in Nagoya Protocol should probably be merged here. Unless some details not in the press release are provided, it's just an adjunct to the Convention. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 10:56, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Close request; Nagoya Protocol was deleted as a copyright violation. — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 02:58, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
 * A new wp article might be created and be allowed to maintain if it doesn't plagiarize.  99.181.155.158 (talk) 04:41, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
 * It still should likely be a section of this article, but we can discuss that when/if it's created, either as a separate article, or as a section here. — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 08:21, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
 * What are the interlinkages between convention on biodiversity and Food And Agricultural Organization(FAO) Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture?I could find just that the Nagoya protocol that is a part of CBD does not cover resources covered by the FAO treaty on Plant Genetic Resources Kartikay021 (talk) 03:18, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

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Meeting of the Parties
Brief information about the steps forward of each meeting would be useful rather than only an indication about when they took place. Rrobotto (talk) 13:53, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

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International bodies established
I just did a small copy-edit of this section. However, I am really wondering whether the write-up on the outcomes of SBSTTA-13 as well as the name of the current Chair of that body are really necessary. This is not consistent with the narrative on the other CBD bodies. But then, I didn't want to just go ahead and take it out without getting some consensus.

One thing that could be done would be to actually have tables&mdash; one listing the Chairs (and their tenure) and another the outcomes of all SBSTTA meetings. – BroVic (talk) 09:12, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
 * - a belated response, and I think that by the time I got here it has changed a bit, but I agree about trying to keep current Chair here. Similarly "most recent meetings" and suchlike, IMO, unless in an article which is very actively and continually edited. These kinds of things are apt to be forgotten and get stale - better to refer to the website. I've just removed references to two recent meetings and left a more general description, and added a citation. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 04:02, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you! &mdash; BroVic (talk) 06:53, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Suggestions for improvement
Myself and a colleagues looked at this article as part of this project. Here are suggestions for improvement (which we currently don't have time to implement ourselves):
 * The article doesn't refer to marine, fisheries, whaling or anything specific to oceans or coasts (but it should).
 * The UN is currently negotiating a new global treaty to managed marine biodiversity under the Law of the Sea. https://www.un.org/bbnj/ . So maybe we should refer this article to the one dealing with marine biodiversity naming this new treaty. There is nothing on Wikipedia that I could find dealing with this new treaty, It should be part of Law of the Sea or a separate new article.
 * The article doesn't refer to specific biomes or ecotopes - just refers to biodiversity. We could add a link to an article on marine biodiversity eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_life   but also the new marine biodiversity treaty under the LoS. A new section on this in the LoS article and even a new article dealing with this new treaty.  (added reference to the CBD technical note mapping the linkages between Agenda 2030 (all 17 SDGs) and the 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets.) EMsmile (talk) 10:19, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

Convention on biodiversity conservation
Convention on biodiversity conservation 2402:3A80:1E1C:13C9:C897:C1EF:11F0:6442 (talk) 16:21, 9 November 2022 (UTC)


 * The name of the convention is "Convention on Biological Diversity" https://www.cbd.int/convention/ ASRASR (talk) 14:36, 19 November 2022 (UTC)