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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), officially known as Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, are an intergovernmental set of aspiration Goals with 169 targets.

 

                                                                   

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Aichi Biodiversity Targets

The Aichi Biodiversity Targets were included in the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity for the 2011-2020 period adopted by the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity

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Global Environmental Goals

GEGs are internationally agreed environmental goals and objectives drawn from existing international treaties and non-legally binding instruments

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Multilateral Environment Agreements Strategic Plans

Basel Convention

Glossary term(s)
chemical, environmental impact assessment, hazardous waste, illegal trade, labelling, pesticide, risk assessment, waste, waste export, waste management
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  • Chemicals and Waste

Cartagena Protocol

Glossary term(s)
agrobiodiversity, biosafety, biotechnology, genetic resource, genetically modified organism, illegal trade, information exchange, living modified organism, prior informed consent
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  • Biological diversity
  • Land and Agriculture

Convention on Biological Diversity

Glossary term(s)
access and benefit sharing, access to genetic resources, agrobiodiversity, genetic resource
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  • Biological diversity

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

Glossary term(s)
agrobiodiversity, conservation, endangered species, illegal trade, species, sustainable use
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  • Biological diversity

Convention on Migratory Species

Glossary term(s)
endangered species, migratory species, species
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  • Biological diversity

International Plant Protection Convention

Glossary term(s)
disease, plant protection
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  • Biological diversity
  • Land and Agriculture
ECOLEX

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Glossary term(s)
access and benefit sharing, food security, genetic resource, genetic resource for food and agriculture, mutually agreed term, plant genetic resource
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  • Biological diversity
  • Land and Agriculture

Nagoya Protocol

Glossary term(s)
access and benefit sharing, access to genetic resources, benefit sharing, indigenous peoples, information exchange, sustainable use
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  • Biological diversity
  • Land and Agriculture

Ramsar Convention

Glossary term(s)
RAMSAR site, water resources management, wetland
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  • Biological diversity
  • Land and Agriculture
  • Marine and Freshwater

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

Glossary term(s)
desertification, erosion, land, land degradation, semi-arid ecosystem, sub-humid ecosystem
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  • Biological diversity
  • Land and Agriculture
  • Drylands

World Heritage Convention

Glossary term(s)
cultural heritage, ecosystem management, fund, protected area, sustainable tourism, sustainable use
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  • Biological diversity
  • Marine and Freshwater
  • Land and Agriculture

Declarations and Principles

Jun
12
2012

United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development Rio +20

12 Jun 2012 to 22 Jun 2012
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Read Future We Want
Sep
14
2005

2005 World Summit

14 Sep 2005 to 16 Sep 2005
UN Headquarters, New York
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Aug
26
2002

World Summit on Sustainable Development

26 Aug 2002 to 4 Sep 2002
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Sep
6
2000

United Nations Millennium Declaration

6 Sep 2000 to 8 Sep 2000
New York
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Jun
3
1992

United Nations Declaration on Environment and Development

3 Jun 1992 to 14 Jun 1992
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Read Rio Declaration
Jun
6
1972

United Nations Conference on the Human Environment

6 Jun 1972 to 15 Jun 1972
Stockholm, Sweden
Read Stockholm Declaration