Convention on Biological

Although the idea of precaution in environmental matters has been around since the 1970s, the term was first introduced under Principle 15 in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), 1992 [4] ... 

United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, 1992. http //www.biodiv. org/doc/publications/guide.asp... 

There are now new rules for biodiversity prospecting regarding the collection of natural products. The 1993 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) established sovereign national rights over biological resources and committed member countries to conserve them, develop them sustainably, and share the benehts resulting from their use. 

As described in Exhibit 3.2, there are now regulations enacted to protect the environment with respect to natural product collection. Bioprospecting from natural habitats has to take into account the 1993 Convention on Biologi-... 

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). 1992. Convention on Biological Diversity. Nairobi, Kenya UNEP. Available at http //www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPS/Pgrfa/pdf/cbde.pdf [Accessed January 12, 2006]. 

Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Report Of The Second... 

Jarvis, D.I. Zoes, V. Nares D. and T. Hodgkin (2004) On-farm management of crop genetic diversity and the convention on biological diversity programme of work on agricultural biodiversity.- Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter 138, 5-17. 

The Convention on Biological Diversity and its Impact on Natural Product Research... 

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is binding on signatory governments and their agencies, but not on private individuals unless and until there is applicable national legislation. As of April 2009, there are 191 parties to the CBD Andorra, the Holy See, Iraq, Somalia and the USA are not parties.31... 

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