The Convention on Biological Diversity (Treaty Doc, 103-20)
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Excerpt from The Convention on Biological Diversity (Treaty Doc, 103-20): Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, April 12, 1994 The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:03 a.m. in room SD-419, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Claiborne Pell (chairman of the committee) presiding. Present: Senators Pell, Kerry, and Jeffords. The Chairman. The Committee on Foreign Relations will come to order. It is a very real pleasure to welcome our witnesses to the committee for today´s hearing on the Convention on Biological Diversity. We all look forward to their testimony, and in particular we wish to welcome two current colleagues, Senators Baucus and Chafee, and our former colleague, Tim Wirth. Together with our public witnesses, we have a highly qualified set of individuals to discuss the convention. In my own view, the need for this convention is very clear. The extraordinary rate of loss of biological diversity that we are now experiencing carries real risk for the future. The importance of biological diversity cannot be understated. Quite literally, we are talking about the material of life. The loss of biodiversity is not just about the large, charismatic animals with which we are all familiar. Scientists estimate that there are between 10 and 100 million species of which only roughly 1.5 million have been identified. Most of the destruction occurs with species we have not even heard of, and now will know nothing about. While some may argue that humans have done well without worrying about the loss of these species, I would argue for caution because we do not know what the value is of those that we are losing. I would go into some of the details of the use of biological diversity, but having reviewed the testimony of our witnesses I think they will speak more eloquently on this subject. The convention before the committee today has three objectives - the conservation of biological diversity, its sustainable use, and the equitable sharing of its benefits. At the time the convention was open for signature, the Bush administration declined to sign, citing concerns about the conventions provisions on financing, technology transfer, and protection of intellectual property rights. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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