The completion of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in 1992 signalled a change in approach to environmental protection. Even the poor nations of the South have changed their attitudes and now consider species to be valuable assets. Biodiversity is being defended in law and policy.
直到「生物多樣性公約」的出現，人類在保育上才有了新的思考與作法，包括貧窮的南方國家也紛紛改變態度，將物種視為珍貴財產，在法令、政策上亟思保護生物多樣性。