"The absence [of the U.S.] seemed especially significant given the scale of the problem: a decline in global biodiversity that's unprecedented in human history, threatening not only countless species but the well-being of humans, too."
"Of course we would love to have them as a party, said Astrid Schomaker, executive secretary of the treaty, which is called the Convention on Biodiversity. But the U.S. is here."
"The first President George Bush declined to sign it, but President Bill Clinton did in 1993. The next step was ratification, which requires two-thirds approval by the Senate."
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