To Confront Biodiversity Threats, the U.S. Must Finally Ratify the CBD
April 2, 2021 last updated 16:22 ET U.S. President George H. W. Bush, front row center, is seen posing with other heads of state at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 13, 1992 (AP photo). It’s Long Past Time for the U.S. to Ratify the ‘Treaty of Life’ Nearly three decades after it emerged from the landmark “Earth Summit” in Rio de Janeiro, the Convention on Biological Diversity has been ratified by 196 countries; the United States is the sole remaining holdout. This failure of global leadership is unconscionable and self-defeating, given ...