Interlinkages and the effectiveness of multilateral environmental agreements / W. Bradnee Chambers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chambers, W. Bradnee.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law, International.

Pollution prevention.

Agricultural biotechnology--Law and legislation.

Agricultural biotechnology.

Germplasm resources conservation--Law and legislation.

Germplasm resources conservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : United Nations University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent years there has been growing awareness that a major reason for the worsening global environment is the failure to create adequate institutional responses to fully address the scope, magnitude and complexity of environmental problems. Much of the criticism directed at the global institutions has focused on the necessity for greater coordination and synergism among Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and among policies and laws that take better account of the inter-relationships between ecological and societal systems. This book seeks to fill the gap in knowledge and policy-making that exists and push our understanding on how we approach international environmental law. In the course of doing so, it examines the essence of the assumptions made about cooperation among MEAs, provides a framework for measuring the effectiveness of MEAs and shows how the effectiveness of MEAs can be improved through strengthening their interlinkages. Moreover, it demonstrates how MEAs that cooperate with treaties outside the environment under other pillars of sustainable development can also improve their effectiveness.

Contents:

From Stockholm to Johannesburg via Malmö : a historical overview of international coordination of environment-sustainable development institutions

Legal mechanisms and coordination systems for promoting and managing interlinkages between multilateral environmental agreements

Towards an improved understanding of effectiveness of international treaties

Interlinkages and legal effectiveness : laying the foundations of an analytical framework

The interlinkages of plant genetic resources : the Convention on Biological Diversity and FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

The interlinkages of plant genetic resources : the CBD and ITPGRFA and their relationship with the TRIPS agreement

Conclusions for public international law and treaty management.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-297) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-25310-3

9786611253103

92-808-7118-8

OCLC:

226911843