1992 AD
Convention on Biological Diversity opened for signature
Climate & environment · Biodiversidad · Derecho ambiental · Cooperación internacional · Desarrollo sostenible
In Rio de Janeiro in 1992, the Convention on Biological Diversity was opened for signature alongside the Framework Convention on Climate Change. The convention linked conservation, sustainable use, and benefit-sharing in a multilateral framework; its concrete obligations and implementation depend on Parties and later developments.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · no uncertainty qualifier in this record
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
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Sources
- www.unfccc.int (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
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- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
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