This book, the first in a new series that focuses on treaty implementation for sustainable development, examines key legal aspects of implementing the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at national and international levels. The book provides a serious contribution to the current legal and political academic debates on biosafety by discussing key issues under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety that affect the further design of national and international law on biosafety and analysing recent progress in development of domestic regulatory regimes for biosafety. This text also examines the legal, political, economic, and practical challenges and solutions encountered in recent efforts to develop and implement domestic biosafety regulations, with a focus on developing countries. Coming after the fifth Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties (COP-MOP) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 5), where the Parties adopted a new Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Protocol on Liability and Redress, this timely book examines recent developments in biosafety law and policy. Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger is the Head of Economic Growth and Trade at the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) in Rome, Italy. She co-edits the Treaty Implementation for Sustainable Development series with Cambridge University Press, and has authored or edited more than eighty publications, including fourteen books in three languages:
The Convention on Biological Diversity is the key global instrument on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits from the use of genetic resources. Through a globally agreed Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020 and related global Aichi targets, the Convention promotes, among other things, the maintenance of healthy ecosystems, the protection of threatened species and the conservation of the genetic material that underpins populations of wild and domesticated species. Increasingly, nongovernmental organisations, civil society groups and indigenous and local communities work through the Convention to urge governments to live up to their commitments and to support them, for example, in the establishment and effective management of protected area networks. As population growth and economic pressures enlarge humanity's ecological footprint, it remains to be seen whether the Convention is an effective tool for conserving the beauty, diversity and inspiring nature of our living environment for future generations to enjoy. Key Concepts International Conventions and protocols. Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources. Biodiversity targets. National biodiversity strategies and action plans.
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