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

This book presents a broad range of global perspectives on biodiversity conservation and the maintenance of sustainable cultures.The IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Research Studies third colloquium brought together more than 130 experts from 27 nations on nearly every continent. This book brings together a number of papers presented there and offers a global perspective on biodiversity conservation and the maintenance of sustainable cultures.The IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Research Studies third colloquium brought together more than 130 experts from 27 nations on nearly every continent. This book brings together a number of papers presented there and offers a global perspective on biodiversity conservation and the maintenance of sustainable cultures.This book presents a global perspective on biodiversity conservation and the maintenance of sustainable cultures. Contributions have been collected from scholars in every region of the world, and addresses issues from the international, regional, country-specific perspectives. Themes covered include the history and major government structures in this area; prerequisites to biodiversity conservation; biosecurity; and access to and sharing of benefits from components of biodiversity and their economic value.Acknowledgments; Message from Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations; 'Macquarie Statement' (adopted by consensus at 3rd IUCN Academy Colloquium); Introduction; Part I. The Context: 1. Environmental law forty years later: looking back and looking ahead; 2. Biodiversity and international law: historical perspectives and present challenges - where do we come from, where are we going?; 3. Some observations on the IUCN, the Earth Charter, and global governance; 4. The changing role of law in the pursuit of sustainability; Part II. Biodiversity: Its Conservation (A) Needs, Problems, Pre-Requisites: 5. Biodiversity conservation in the context of sustainable human development: a call to action; 6. Legall/