Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Looking Afresh at the Convention on Biological Diversity

35 Pages Posted: 22 Aug 2011 Last revised: 27 Jan 2012

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Elisa Morgera

Strathclyde Law School

Elsa Tsioumani

International Institute for Sustainable Development

Date Written: August 22, 2011

Abstract

In light of almost twenty years of implementation, this article looks afresh at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), by assessing its evolution and current legal significance with a view to better understanding its immediate future. To this end, the article critically analyses the outcomes of the tenth meeting of the CBD Conference of the Parties, in order to determine progress in the development and implementation of the Convention at the level of both international cooperation and national implementation.

Keywords: international law, biodiversity, human rights, climate change, compliance, benefit-sharing

Suggested Citation

Morgera, Elisa and Tsioumani, Elsa, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Looking Afresh at the Convention on Biological Diversity (August 22, 2011). University of Edinburgh School of Law Working Paper No. 2011/21, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1914378 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1914378

Elisa Morgera (Contact Author)

Strathclyde Law School ( email )

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HOME PAGE: http://www.strath.ac.uk/research/strathclydecentreenvironmentallawgovernance/

Elsa Tsioumani

International Institute for Sustainable Development ( email )

161 Portage Avenue East, 6th Floor
Winnipeg
Manitoba, R3B 0Y4, Manitoba
United States

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