The World Summit on sustainable development held in 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa pledged for:
A significant reduction in the current rate of biodiversity loss.
Declaration of more biodiversity hotspots.
Increase in agricultural production
Collection and preservation of seeds of different genetic strains of commercially important plants.
, the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa, involved 190 countries pledging their commitment to achieve a significant reduction in the current rate of biodiversity loss at global, regional, and local levels by the year 2010 . This summit served as a follow-up to the historic 1992 'Earth Summit' in Rio de Janeiro, which originally called for the conservation of biodiversity and the sustainable use of its benefits .
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