Biodiversity Conservation, Law and Livelihoods: Bridging the North-South Divide IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Research Studies

Author: Michael I. Jeffery; Jeremy Firestone; Karen Bubna-Litic
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107404953
Published In: March 2013
Format: Paperback , 616 pages
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The IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Research Studies' third colloquium of 2005 brought together more than 130 experts from 27 nations on nearly every continent. This book brings together a number of the papers presented there and offers a global perspective on biodiversity conservation and the maintenance of sustainable cultures. It addresses issues from international, regional, and country-specific perspectives. The book is organized thematically to present a broad spectrum of issues, including the history and major governance structures in this area; the needs, problems, and prerequisites for biodiversity; area-based, species-based, and ecosystem-based conservation measures; the use of components of biodiversity and the processes affecting it; biosecurity; and access to and sharing of benefits from components of biodiversity and their economic value.

• Global perspective - contributions from all regions of the world

• Examines the interplay between biodiversity conservation and sustainable livelihoods and cultures

• Scholarly papers illustrate and help explain companion volume of biodiversity and indigenous laws

Acknowledgments		pageix
Message from Kofi A. Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations		xi
Macquarie Statement		xiii
Contributors		xv
Introduction		1
	Michael I. Jeffery, Jeremy Firestone, and Karen Bubna-Litic
PART ONE. THE CONTEXT
1	Environmental Law Forty Years Later: Looking Back and Looking Ahead	9
	Joseph L. Sax
2	Biodiversity and International Law: Historical Perspectives and Present Challenges: Where Do We Come From, Where Are We Going?	26
	Françoise Burhenne-Guilmin
3	Some Observations on the IUCN, the Earth Charter, and Global Governance	43
	Brendan Mackey
4	The Changing Role of Law in the Pursuit of Sustainability	49
	Paul Martin
PART TWO. BIODIVERSITY: ITS CONSERVATION
Section A. Needs, Problems, Prerequisites
5	Biodiversity Conservation in the Context of Sustainable Human Development: A Call to Action	69
	Michael I. Jeffery
6	Legal and Paralegal Rules for Biodiversity Conservation: A Sequence of Conceptual, Linguistic, and Legal Problems	94
	D. E. Fisher
7	Future Directions in Conservation of Biological Diversity: An Interdisciplinary Approach	132
	Abdul Haseeb Ansari
Section B. Implementation of the CBD
8	Experience, Mistakes, and Challenges: The Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Brazil	155
	José Rubens Morato-Leite, Heline Sivini Ferreira, and Patryck de Araújo Ayala
Section C. National and Regional Legal and Institutional Tools and Regimes
9	EC Law and Biodiversity	181
	Nicholas de Sadeleer
10	Community-Based Biodiversity Conservation in the Pacific: Cautionary Lessons in “Regionalising” Environmental Governance	193
	Justin Rose
PART THREE CONSERVATION MEASURES
Section A. Area-Based Measures
11	The Recent NSW Experience, from Regional Forest Agreements to Brigalow and the Introduction of the Community Conservation Area	227
	R. J. Debus
12	Local People’s Perceptions and Attitudes towards the Management of Nech-Sar National Park, Ethiopia	233
	Desalegn Wana
13	Japanese MPAs at a Turning Point: Nomination of Shiretoko for World Heritage Status	251
	Yasuhiko Kagami
Section B. Species-Based Measures
14	Ten Years of Threatened Species Legislation in NSW – What Are the Lessons?	265
	Karen Bubna-Litic
15	Sanctuaries, Protected Species, and Politics – How Effective Is Australia at Protecting Its Marine Biodiversity under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999?	280
	Ilona Miller and Jessica Wood
16	Legal Stewardship of Mountain Regions: The Emerging Ecoregime	306
	Nicholas A. Robinson
PART FOUR. USES OF COMPONENTS OF BIODIVERSITY
17	Legal Framework for the Ecological and Biodiversity Needs of Soil: Progress towards an International Instrument for the Sustainable Use of Soil	329
	Ian Hannam
18	The Ghanaian Forestry Regime: Bridging the Gap between the North and the South	347
	George A. Sarpong
19	Bridging the Dominant-Indigenous Peoples Cultural Divide: Reflections on Makah Whaling	358
	Jeremy Firestone and Jonathan Lilley
PART FIVE. PROCESSES AFFECTING BIODIVERSITY
Section A. Global Warming
20	Biodiversity and Climate Change Laws: A Failure to Communicate?	383
	David R. Hodas
21	Emissions Trading: A Fantasy for China to Combat Global Warming?	400
	Bo Miao
Section B. Land Management
22	A Brief Historical Comparison of the Public Land Disposal Policies in Brazil and in the United States	423
	Arlindo Daibert
23	Protecting Ecological Functions: Ecological Function Zoning and Conservation Zones in the PRC	441
	Qun Du
24	The Successful Ecograss Project and the Policy and Legal Issues Met and Solved	455
	Na Li, Liu Yanchun, and Zhang Hui
PART SIX. BIOSECURITY ISSUES
Section A. Invasive Species
25	Prevention and Control of Alien Invasive Species – China’s Implementation of the CBD	465
	Yuhong Zhao
Section B. Genetically Modified Organisms
26	Who Is to Blame? Liability and Redress Related to GMOs	485
	Loretta Feris
27	The Reality and Effect of “Advance Informed Agreement” under the Cartagena Protocol	500
	Rosemary Lyster
PART SEVEN. ACCESS AND BENEFIT-SHARING
Section A. The Situation in Antarctica
28	Access, Obligations, and Benefits: Regulating Bioprospecting in the Antarctic	529
	Alan D. Hemmings and Michelle Rogan-Finnemore
Section B. Indigenous Intellectual and Cultural Property Rights
29	Biotechnological Innovations, Genetic Resources, and Traditional Knowledge: Current Developments at the World Intellectual Property Organization	553
	Burton Ong
30	Sharing All the Benefits: The Challenge of Legal Recognition of Indigenous Intellectual and Cultural Property Rights in the Fiji Islands	579
	Pio E. Manoa and Isoa Korovulavula
Index		593