Centre for Environmental Rights – Advancing Environmental Rights in South Africa

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) entered into force on 29 December 1993. South Africa signed the CBD on 4 June 1993 and has been a member state to this Convention since 2 November 1995.

Protocols:

• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety 
  • Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress (to enter into force on 5 March 2018)
• Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilisation

To access resolutions made under this Convention, visit www.cbd.int 

South Africa-specific documents under the CBD 

• South African Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for 2015-2025 (2015)
• South Africa’s Fifth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity (2014)
• South Africa’s Strategy for Plant Conservation (2015)