And the global perspective that the CBD has some claim to representing can be overblown.
The changed language of conservation owes little to the well-intentioned work of the CBD.
Rates are less than at hotels in the pricey CBD, and internet access is free.
Instead he awarded the chief executive title to Augusto CruzAugusto Cruz, a ten-year veteran of CBD.
Carrefour was the No. 1 supermarket retailer in Brazil until 2010, when CBD took over.
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The agreement, the Cartagena Protocol, is part of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
The other big owner of CBD is Casino, another French firm and Carrefour's archrival.
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was inspired by the world community's growing commitment to sustainable development.
Hyperinflation and high interest rates embroiled Brazil a year later, and CBD teetered on the edge of bankruptcy.
However, the 2011-2020 strategy of the CBD recognizes that biodiversity protection must be integrated into governmental accounting and decision-making.
The CBD is in a position to encourage experiment, but not much more.
Coastal and marine management by indigenous communities and artisanal fisherfolk will be central to the success of the CBD.
However, for the CBD negotiators, biodiversity finance still seems to be a government obligation rather than a business opportunity.
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Carrefour said it received a proposal from CBD on Tuesday, making the Brazilian the hunter and Carrefour the hunted.
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The CBD website in turn hosts intergovernmental platforms for the Rio Conventions and the Biodiversity-related Conventions .
There was rumor that CBD was considering a merger with French big box retailer Carrefour, but that remains to be seen.
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We also have the platform of Convention on Biological Diversity ( CBD ) which has been running for twenty years.
In the meantime, hundreds of shops and business have relocated from the CBD to suburban streets or newly developed business parks.
CCSweets has locations in Central Park in CBD and the Village North in Sanlitun, and you can always order online.
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That is why the CBD is increasingly reaching out to private donors.
"Prior to the earthquake, we were located in the heart of the CBD, " says Jonathan Gillard, a senior partner with the firm.
Even then Wal-Mart is only half the size of CBD, which is why some see a buying binge that has barely begun.
By the end of the month CCSweets will have locations in Central Park in CBD and the Village North in Sanlitun.
By 1994 CBD had exited Portugal and shed all the nonretail businesses.
It is Asia-meets-Las Vegas at the enormous, eye-catching and now iconic 2, 561-room Marina Bay Sands on the eastern edge of the CBD.
During the Conference, the 193 Parties to the CBD agreed to classify a diverse list of marine areas as ecologically or biologically significant.
The council is moving from the civic centre, which opened in 1992, back to its former home of Hanley when the CBD is completed.
Issa says they are also looking at allowing much taller buildings outside the CBD, as a way to encourage development and redevelopment of outlying areas.
That is why the CBD is cooperating closely with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to foster such markets through its Biotrade Initiative.
For a pleasing dose of colonial-era luxury and space-age design, check into the 112-room Capella Singapore, located just south of the CBD on Sentosa Island.
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