International Law and the Conservation of Biological Diversity

Analyzing the 1992 United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, this work addresses aspects of biodiversity. It includes the conservation of biological diversity and sustainable use of biological resources, and biotechnology and the safety of activities related to modified living organisms.

List of contents

I: The nature, development and philosophical foundations of the biodiversity concept in international law. II: The Rio convention on biological diversity. III: Sustainability, biodiversity and international law. IV: The conservation of existing agreements for the conservation of terrestrial species and habitats to the maintenance of biodiversity. V: The conservation of marine ecosystems under international law. VI: The protection of the Antarctic environment and the ecosystem approach. VII: The role of ex-situ measures in the conservation of biodiversity. VIII: International regimes for the conservation and control of plant genetic resources. IX: Intellectual property rights and biodiversity. X: Biodiversity conservation in the United States. XI: The European Community and preservation of biological diversity. XII: Developing countries, "development" and the conservation of biological diversity. XIII: Biodiversity and indigenous people. XIV: Financial aid, biodiversity and international law. Appendix: The convention on biological diversity.

Product details

• Authors: Bowman, Michael Bowman, Redgwell, Catherine Redgwell
• Assisted by: Catherine Redgwell (Editor)
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1996
• EAN: 9789041108630
• ISBN: 978-90-411-0863-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 234 mm x 156 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 667 g
• Series: Samenleving, Criminaliteit & S; Samenleving, Criminaliteit & S
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law