UN earth summit

Title

UN earth summit

Genre

Interview

TX Date

3 Jun 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:02:44

Description

Junior environment minister David Maclean talks to Clayre Gribben about the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil which opens today with reference to climate change, biodiversity, the declaration of principles on the world’s forests and America’s reluctance to sign the convention on biodiversity. Poor quality audio throughout.

Contributors

David MacLean

Keywords

USA; UN; Climate change; International instruments; Summits (meetings); Brazil; Rio de Janeiro; Tropical forests; Biological diversity; Earth Summit; Forests

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