The Convention on Biological Diversity and Developing CountriesSpringer Science & Business Media, 2000 M05 31 - 313 pages The book focuses on the negotiation process leading up to the creation of the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) and the domestic implementation of this international agreement. This political science study of the negotiation process applies several perspectives drawn from international relations theories, while also focusing on the implementation of international environmental agreements in a developing country. Moreover, the links between factors at international and domestic levels are examined, with four proposed mechanisms through which an international institution may affect domestic policies. Evidence is found that the CBD has had a beneficial impact on national biodiversity policies in the country studied, but that necessary compatible legislation is absent in developed country parties. Readership: Policy makers, decision makers, political scientists, lawyers and environmentalists engaged in development assistance work, and academics and industrialists involved in the biotechnology industry. |
Contents
INTRODUCTIONS | 3 |
Institutions and Implementation | 10 |
122 Why study implementation? | 13 |
123 How to study implementation? | 15 |
124 How to conceive of implementation in biodiversity conservation and use? | 17 |
13 Biodiversity as a Global Environmental Problem | 19 |
METHODOLOGICAL DELIBERATIONS | 23 |
22 Implications of Methodological Approach | 24 |
722 Rationale and implications in the case of DCs | 182 |
723 Common framework for implementation studies in North and South | 185 |
73 Theoretical Sources the Growth of Implementation Studies | 186 |
74 Implementation and Domestic Factors | 189 |
Grindles model of content and context | 190 |
Jänickes Political System Capacity for Environmental Policy | 191 |
Najams 5 Cs | 192 |
Main Propositions | 199 |
THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY REGIME FORMATION AND IMPLEMENTATION | 27 |
THEORETICAL BACKGROUND AND ANALYTICAL APPROACH | 29 |
The Growth of International Relation Theory | 30 |
scope of applicability and approach to global environmental problems | 36 |
What are their projects? | 38 |
Analytical Framework | 40 |
321 Powerbased explanations | 44 |
322 Interestbased explanations | 48 |
323 Ideational explanations | 57 |
324 Summary | 63 |
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY THE ISSUEAREA | 67 |
Getting the Issue to the International Agenda | 68 |
properties and property rights | 71 |
422 Issue characteristics and agenda setting | 77 |
43 The Issue in Related Fora | 82 |
432 TradeRelated Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights TRIPs in GATT | 84 |
The Keystone Dialogues | 87 |
44 Summary | 88 |
THE CBD NEGOTIATIONS AND OUTPUT | 91 |
52 The CBD Negotiation Process | 92 |
521 Indications of activity level | 97 |
53 The CBD Negotiation Output | 100 |
532 Procedures | 101 |
533 Rules | 102 |
54 Assessment of Output | 104 |
542 Rules | 105 |
543 Procedures | 106 |
544 Summary | 107 |
55 The CBD Analysis of Negotiations and Output | 110 |
552 Actor preferences and capabilities | 112 |
553 Institutional factors and the formation phase | 126 |
554 Norms and learning | 135 |
56 Summary | 141 |
PROSPECTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION | 147 |
62 The CBD and Intellectual Property Rights | 149 |
622 Activities relating to IPR | 152 |
63 Prospects Concerning the Financial Mechanism | 164 |
64 Concluding Remarks | 169 |
642 Scope for institutional factors to strengthen implementation? | 171 |
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CBD IN ETHIOPIA | 177 |
A DOMESTIC IMPLEMENTATION MODEL | 179 |
72 Applicability of a Domestic Implementation Model in DCs | 181 |
751 Preliminary empirical foundations of the main propositions | 201 |
BIODIVERSITY POLICIES IN ETHIOPIA | 209 |
811 Political history and ethnic factors | 211 |
82 Ethiopian Biodiversity Policies prior to the CBD | 214 |
821 The state of the economy | 215 |
822 Cultivation and land characteristics | 216 |
823 The Wildlife Sector | 218 |
824 The Seeds Sector | 221 |
825 National report of Ethiopia to UNCED 1992 | 224 |
826 Summary | 225 |
National Conservation Strategy | 227 |
National Conservation Strategy NCS | 228 |
832 General contents of the NCS | 234 |
Evaluation | 241 |
841 The CBD and wildlife policies | 243 |
842 The CBD and seeds sector policies | 245 |
843 Summary | 247 |
85 Statesociety Relations | 249 |
Central and local bureaucrats | 250 |
86 Nongovernmental Actors | 253 |
public environmental awareness | 254 |
Multi and bilateral impact | 256 |
Summary | 262 |
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LINKS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS REGIME EFFECTS | 267 |
THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS IN ENHANCING DOMESTIC IMPLEMENTATION | 269 |
92 Moral Obligations and Enhanced Commitment? | 271 |
921 Enhanced commitment through legitimacy | 272 |
922 Moral obligations Pacta sunt servanta | 274 |
93 Material Mechanisms Enhancing Implementation Ability? | 276 |
931 Financial transfers as hegemonic scheme? | 277 |
932 Capacity building and symbolic policy | 280 |
Capacity and Commitment Strengthened through Other Parties Complying? | 283 |
942 Impact of external donors SOPs | 285 |
Environmental Proponents Strengthened by Alliances with International Epistemic Communities? | 287 |
952 Individual actors linking regime and state administration | 289 |
Deviant Case or Role Model? | 291 |
962 On generalising between issueareas | 294 |
97 Future Prospects | 296 |
LIST OF ANONYMOUS INTERVIEWEES | 299 |
GLOSSARY OF TERMS | 301 |
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