The Biodiversity Convention affects the use of bio-resources in all countries. Taiwan, though not allowed to be asignatory, sent people to participate in the first conference, and former president Lee Teng-hui declared 2000 to be "biodiversity protection year" in Taiwan.
生物多樣性公約影響到各國使用生物資源的利益，台灣雖非締約國，但在第一屆會議也開始派員參加，前任總統李登輝曾宣布二○○○年是台灣的「生物多樣性保育年」。