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The Convention on Biological Diversity, signed by 150 governments at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, is the main instrument for protecting biodiversity and ensuring equitable and sustainable access to the benefits of the Earth's genetic riches and a healthy environment. But much has yet to be done just four years before the 2010 deadline agreed by the international community for achieving significant results in reducing biodiversity loss. Once again in Brazil, but this time in the southern city of Curitiba, the states party to the Convention are gathering in March to discuss these issues, as well as the Biosafety Protocol, including protecting biodiversity from the risks of biotechnology and preventing bioterrorism.Planet > IPS Inter Press Service One Planet - 1.4 Million Species / Convention on Biological Diversity
1.) U.S.-MEXICO: Fence to Carve Up Fragile Border Preserve
2.) ENVIRONMENT-BURMA: Conflict Threatens Karen Biodiversity
3.) BIODIVERSITY: Ten-Year Probe Reveals Oceans in Peril
4.) BIODIVERSITY: The Real Price of Farmed Salmon
5.) ARGENTINA: Newspaper Brings to Light Abuses against Poor Farmers
6.) ENVIRONMENT: Costa Rica at a Crossroads
7.) BIODIVERSITY: Unraveling the Mysteries of Salmon Migration
8.) CHILE: Maize Contaminated with Transgenics
9.) ENVIRONMENT: Europe Casts a Net for Dying Fish
10.) ARGENTINA: Caution and Enthusiasm for Fish Farming
11.) ENVIRONMENT: Global Financial Crisis a Bad Sign for Andean Biodiversity
12.) ENVIRONMENT: Going Beyond Climate Change
13.) ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: Illegal Trade Decimating Wildlife
14.) BIODIVERSITY: Mammals Face Extinction Crisis
15.) ENVIRONMENT: Twisted As Unnaturally as the Banks