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The Convention on Biological Diversity  

Full text of the CBD (pdf)

Adoption and participation in the Convention

The Convention was opened for signature at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992. It entered into force on 29 December 1993 and with 188 Parties this UN convention is in force currently with the widest participation (while the USA, Andorra, Brunei Darussalam, Holy See, Iraq, Somalia and Timor Leste are not Parties to it).

 

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