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By 1992, the text of the Convention had been agreed and was open for signatures at the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro - the “Earth Summit”. The CBD entered into force in 1993 with 168 signatories.1Convention on Biological Diversity. (2006).
The representation reminded the federal legislature of the implications of the Lindau Agreement with regards to representing and deferring to the Länder in areas of their competence.4Grzeszick, B. (2016, January 13). Stellungnahme zur Beteiligung des Deutschen Bundestages an gemischten völkerrechtlichen Abkommen.
The Committee questioned SNH on the independence of the scientific advisors and the process of peer review.
Des Thompson of SNH outlined the process—
“We have a scientific advisory committee, which is composed of a variety of experts.
A monitor of that is when you look across the Highlands and Islands and see how many people choose to shut their door on 31 October or immediately after the half-term window—there are many such businesses.