CITES n Stuff Flashcards
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CSS agreement
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Pays farmers and land owners to increase and maintain biodiversity on their land.
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CITES agreement
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(the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora)is an international agreement between governments. Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten the survival of the species.
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CBD
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The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is the international legal instrument for “the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources” that has been ratified by 196 nations.
