The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was established in 1992 by the United Nations to promote the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. The Conference of Parties (COP) is the governing body that represents all signatories and makes decisions to promote effective implementation of the CBD. Egypt will host COP in 2018. The CBD recognizes the dependence of indigenous communities and women on biological resources and promotes in-situ and ex-situ conservation efforts as well as sustainable use of biodiversity.

2. CBD IS:
•Convention on biological diversity.
•United nations 1992.
•Determined to conserve and sustainably use biological diversity for the benefit of
present and future generations.

3. WHAT IS COP?
•Conference of the parties (COP).
•Supreme decision-making body of the convention.
•All states that are parties to the convention are represented at the cop.
•Take decisions necessary to promote the effective implementation of
the convention, including institutional and administrative
arrangements.

5. CONVENTION:
•‫البيولوجي‬ ‫التنوع‬ ‫اتفاقية‬:‫بتاريخ‬ ‫بالبرازيل‬ ‫جانيرو‬ ‫دي‬ ‫ريو‬ ‫في‬ ‫الموقعة‬5/6/1992‫بند‬ ‫الثامنة‬ ‫المادة‬ ‫وتنص‬(‫أ‬)
‫على‬ ‫االتفاقية‬ ‫من‬"‫لصي‬ ‫خاصة‬ ‫تدابير‬ ‫التخاذ‬ ‫تحتاج‬ ‫مناطق‬ ‫أو‬ ‫المحمية‬ ‫للمناطق‬ ‫نظام‬ ‫إنشاء‬‫التنوع‬ ‫انة‬‫كما‬ ‫البيولوجي‬
‫البند‬ ‫أن‬(‫د‬)‫على‬ ‫نص‬ ‫قد‬ ‫االتفاقية‬ ‫من‬ ‫المادة‬ ‫نفس‬ ‫من‬"‫الطبيع‬ ‫الموائل‬ ‫و‬ ‫االيكولوجية‬ ‫بالنظم‬ ‫النهوض‬‫صيانة‬ ‫و‬ ‫ية‬
‫الطبيعية‬ ‫البيئات‬ ‫في‬ ‫للبقاء‬ ‫القابلة‬ ‫األنواع‬ ‫مجتمعات‬"‫ب‬ ‫هي‬ ‫الطبيعية‬ ‫المحميات‬ ‫أن‬ ‫فيه‬ ‫الشك‬ ‫ما‬ ‫و‬‫طبقا‬ ‫طبيعية‬ ‫يئات‬
‫فري‬ ‫بيئية‬ ‫نظم‬ ‫من‬ ‫تحتويه‬ ‫ما‬ ‫صيانة‬ ‫و‬ ‫لدعم‬ ‫تحتاج‬ ‫السابقة‬ ‫المادة‬ ‫لنص‬‫دة‬.‫البند‬ ‫أهاب‬ ‫كما‬(‫و‬)‫ا‬ ‫ألزم‬ ‫و‬‫لحكومات‬
‫إعا‬ ‫و‬ ‫تدهورها‬ ‫تم‬ ‫التي‬ ‫البيئية‬ ‫النظم‬ ‫تأهيل‬ ‫و‬ ‫إصالح‬ ‫بضرورة‬ ‫الموقعة‬‫إعاد‬ ‫و‬ ‫الطبيعية‬ ‫حالتها‬ ‫إلى‬ ‫دتها‬‫األنواع‬ ‫ة‬
‫الحماي‬ ‫استراتيجيات‬ ‫و‬ ‫سياسات‬ ‫بوضع‬ ‫ذلك‬ ‫و‬ ‫الطبيعي‬ ‫وضعها‬ ‫إلى‬ ‫المهددة‬‫ة‬.‫البند‬ ‫أن‬ ‫بل‬(‫ح‬)‫نفس‬ ‫من‬‫قد‬ ‫المادة‬
‫باالنقراض‬ ‫المهددة‬ ‫األنواع‬ ‫استئصال‬ ‫منع‬.

6. Conventionon
biologicaldiversity
Objectives
Use of terms
Principles
Conservation and sustainable use
Identification and monitoring
In-situ and ex-situ conservation
Sustainble conservation
Important terms

7. OBJECTIVES:
the sustainable use of its components and the fair and equitable
sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic
resources, including by appropriate access to genetic resources and
by appropriate transfer of relevant technologies, taking into account all
rights over those resources and to technologies, and by appropriate
funding.

8. USE OF TERMS:
•Biological diversity
•Biological resources
•Biotechnology
•Country of origin of genetic
resources
•Ecosystem
• Genetic material
• Habitat
• Ex-situ and in-situ conservation
• PA
• Sustainable use
• Regional economic integrated
organization

9. PRINCIPLES:
States have, in accordance with the charter of the united nations and the
principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their
own resources pursuant to their own environmental policies, and the
responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or
control do not cause damage to the environment of other states or of
areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.

10. GENERAL MEASURES FOR
CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE:
•Develop national strategies, plans for the conservation and sustainable use
of biological diversity or adapt for this purpose existing strategies, plans.
•Integrate, as far as possible and as appropriate, the conservation and
sustainable use of biological diversity into relevant sectoral or cross-sectoral
plans and policies.

11. IDENTIFICATION AND
MONITORING:
• (a) Identify components of biological diversity important
for its conservation and sustainable use
• (b) Monitor, through sampling and other techniques.
• (c) Identify processes and categories of activities which
have or are likely to have significant adverse impacts on
the conservation and sustainable use of biological
diversity, and monitor their effects through sampling and
other techniques
• (d) Maintain and organize, by any mechanism data.

12. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN:
• IN-SITU CONSERVATION
• Protected areas.
• Develop management guidelines and site
selection.
• Promote environmental protection and
threatened species.
• Rehabilitate ecosystem.
• National legislation.
• Co-management.
• EX-SITU CONSERVATION
• Adopt measures.
• Cooperation in finances.
• Maintain facilities at genetic resources places.
• Rehabilitate threatened species.

13. SUSTAINABLE USE OF COMPONENTS OF
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
• (a) Integrate consideration of the conservation and sustainable use of biological resources into national
decision-making
• (b) Adopt measures relating to the use of biological resources to avoid or minimize adverse impacts on
biological diversity
• (c) Protect аnd encourage customary use of biological resources in accordance with traditional cultural
practices that are compatible with conservation or sustainable use requirements;
• (d) Support local populations to develop and implement remedial action in degraded areas where biological
diversity has been reduced
• (e) Encourage cooperation between its governmental authorities and its private sector in developing methods
for sustainable use of biological resources.

14. IMPORTANT HEADINGS IN CONVENTION
• Incentives.
• Research and training.
• Public education and awareness.
• Impact assessment and minimizing
adverse impacts.
• Access to genetic resources.
• Access to and transfer of technology.
• Exchange of information.
• Technical and scientific cooperation.
• Handling of biotechnology' and distribution of its
benefits.
• Financial resources.
• Relationship with other international conventions
• Cop and secretariat.
• Subsidiary body on scientific. Technical and
technological advice.
• Reports.
• Settlements of disputes.
• right to vote
• Signature

16. MOST IMPORTANT POINTS WITHIN THE
CONVENTION:
•Is there geographical overlap between biodiversity and poverty?
•Are poor people dependent on biodiversity?
• Is biodiversity conservation an effective mechanism for poverty
alleviation?

17. ACTIONS IN EGYPT:
• COP will be held in 2018. (according to minister of EEAA)
• The permeability leads to:
• Recognizing the close and traditional dependence of many indigenous and local communities
embodying traditional lifestyles on biological resources.
• Recognizing the vital role of women play in conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity.
• It leads to better monitoring and planning (according to guidelines of Mediterranean MPAs).

18. THE CORE OF CBD: