Paper I · 7 Sustainable Development & Environment · 7.3.2 Climate and environmental treaties

7.3.2.7 Convention on Biological Diversity: Cartagena, Nagoya and the Kunming–Montreal framework

The CBD (1992) is the main global treaty on biodiversity, with three aims (conservation, sustainable use, fair benefit-sharing); its protocols deal with GM organisms (Cartagena) and benefit-sharing (Nagoya), and the Kunming–Montreal framework (2022) sets the 2030 targets, including "30x30".

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Key terms

  • CBD
  • Convention on Biological Diversity
  • Montreal secretariat
  • Cartagena Protocol
  • biosafety
  • LMO
  • advance informed agreement
  • Nagoya Protocol
  • access and benefit sharing
  • ABS
  • Aichi targets
  • Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
  • 30x30
  • DSI
  • Cali Fund
  • NBSAP
  • Biological Diversity Act 2002

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