Rio Convention

Rio Convention relates to either of the following three conventions which are results of the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janerio in 1992. These conventions are

  1. UNFCCC, the abbreviation of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  2. CBD, the abbreviation of Convention on Biological Diversity
  3. UNCCD,the abbreviation of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

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