Question

Explain the role in biodiversity conservation

Answer 1

Answer:The aim of the convention is to save species and plants from extinction and their habitats from destruction.

The developed countries are looking for a sustainable supply of biological resources from the developing countries and easy access to them as well. The developing countries lacking the technology to exploit their resources are inviting the developed countries to do so. This has resulted in the developed nations channeling out the benefits of these natural resources. The developing countries are now demanding a higher share of the accrued economic benefits. The developed nations are also concerned by the unsustainable exploitation of natural wealth, particularly rainforests.

Key points from the Convention on Biological Diversity

The aim of the Convention on Biological Diversity is 'the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources. The convention stipulates that Parties must :

develop national strategies for the conservation and sustainable use of biological resources;

establish protected areas, restore degraded ecosystems, control alien species, and establish ex-situ conservation facilities;

establish training and research programmes for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and support such programmes in developing countries;

promote public education and awareness of the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity;

recognize the right of governments to regulate access to their own genetic resources, and, wherever possible, grant other Parties access to genetic resources for environmentally sound uses;

encourage technology and biotechnology transfer particularly to developing countries;

establish an information exchange between the parties on all subjects relevant to biodiversity;

promote technical and scientific cooperation between parties (particularly to developing countries) to enable them to implement the convention;

ensure that countries that provide genetic resources have access to the benefits arising from them; and

provide financial resources to developing countries/parties to enable them to carry out the requirements of the convention.

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