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The Journey From Rio To Johannesburg: Ten Years Of Forest Negotiations, Ten Years Of Successes And Failures, Melanie Steiner
The Journey From Rio To Johannesburg: Ten Years Of Forest Negotiations, Ten Years Of Successes And Failures, Melanie Steiner
Golden Gate University Law Review
Since Rio, a great deal of dialogue and changes in the global forest architecture have occurred, including the growth of regional criteria and indicator (C&I) processes for sustainable forest management, development of new national forest programmes in many countries, and the establishment of the new international arrangement on forests mentioned above. Commitments have been made at all levels, in the form of IPF/IFF proposals for action, adoption of a forest work programme under the Convention on Biological Diversity, and regionally through the C&I processes. Furthermore, new issues have emerged on the scene as being critical post-Rio, including illegal logging/forest law …
Country Experiences In The Implementation Of The Rio Forest Principles: A Case Study Of The East African Community States, Godber W. Tumushabe
Country Experiences In The Implementation Of The Rio Forest Principles: A Case Study Of The East African Community States, Godber W. Tumushabe
Golden Gate University Law Review
This article is divided into eight sections. Section II analyzes the status and trends in forestry resources in East Africa and the relevance of the forestry sector in national economic development and regional integration. This section emphasizes the applicability of forestry goods and services in addressing rural poverty and proposes that investments targeted at increasing the productivity of the sector could provide the much needed stimuli for national economic development. Section III assesses the UNCED processes that gave birth to the Rio Forest Principles and the relevant forestry provisions in Agenda 21. Section IV analyzes the contributions of the EAC …
The Biodiversity Rights Of Developing Nations: A Perspective From India, Shalini Bhutani, Ashish Kothari
The Biodiversity Rights Of Developing Nations: A Perspective From India, Shalini Bhutani, Ashish Kothari
Golden Gate University Law Review
The article will flag those provisions of the law that disenfranchise developing nations and their peoples from their rights vis-a-vis biodiversity. While sifting through these provisions, it will also examine how far the developed nations have gone in the "burden-sharing" of conservation of biological resources. Because newer technologies pose newer challenges to biodiversity conservation, the intrinsic link between trade and biodiversity cannot be overstated. It has been a challenge to deal with international trade rules and regulations, especially with non-state entities like the WTO. The WTO's agenda is dictated largely by corporate interests in developed countries such as the United …
Seeds Of Dispute: Intellectual-Property Rights And Agricultural Biodiversity, Keith Aoki
Seeds Of Dispute: Intellectual-Property Rights And Agricultural Biodiversity, Keith Aoki
Golden Gate University Environmental Law Journal
This Article is about the interrelationship between expanding intellectual-property rights and the conservation of biodiversity. While these rights are not strictly correlated with conservation, the types of markets and companies producing commercial seeds and other agricultural inputs tend to promote monocultures that erode biodiversity in both the developed and developing world. Furthermore, this Article argues that the rise of genetically engineered crops in the last two decades further exacerbates both intellectual-property claims of companies owning patented seed and biodiversity, as metaphorical monoculture becomes realized with genetically engineered crops in fields where all the plants have the same genetic structure.