Book contents
- CITES as a Tool for Sustainable Development
- Treaty Implementation for Sustainable Development
- CITES as a Tool for Sustainable Development
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface by CITES Secretary-General, Ivonne Higuero
- Foreword by Honorable Judge Antonio H. Benjamin
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Part I Endangered Species, Sustainable Development and the Law
- Part II Sustainable Development in Law and Policy on Endangered Species
- Part III Global Implementation of CITES by Key Species/Commodity
- Part IV National Implementation of CITES
- Part V Emerging Issues and Synergies for CITES in the Context of Sustainable Development
- 23 Sustaining Commercial Marine Fisheries for This Generation and Future Generations Using CITES Appendices I and II for Trade Traceability
- 24 CITES as a Tool for Monitoring and Adaptive Management
- 25 Linking Global Processes: Institutional Interplay and the Global Sustainable Development Agenda
- 26 Trade and Zoonotic Diseases
- 27 The Convention on Biological Diversity (1992) and Other Biodiversity Conservation Regimes: Looking through the Lens of Synergy and an Ethical Shift
- Part VI Conclusions
- Cases and Court Decisions
- CITES Resolutions and Documents
- Domestic Acts and Regulations
- Multilateral Treaties and Declarations
- Recommended Resources
27 - The Convention on Biological Diversity (1992) and Other Biodiversity Conservation Regimes: Looking through the Lens of Synergy and an Ethical Shift
from Part V - Emerging Issues and Synergies for CITES in the Context of Sustainable Development
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 July 2023
- CITES as a Tool for Sustainable Development
- Treaty Implementation for Sustainable Development
- CITES as a Tool for Sustainable Development
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface by CITES Secretary-General, Ivonne Higuero
- Foreword by Honorable Judge Antonio H. Benjamin
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Part I Endangered Species, Sustainable Development and the Law
- Part II Sustainable Development in Law and Policy on Endangered Species
- Part III Global Implementation of CITES by Key Species/Commodity
- Part IV National Implementation of CITES
- Part V Emerging Issues and Synergies for CITES in the Context of Sustainable Development
- 23 Sustaining Commercial Marine Fisheries for This Generation and Future Generations Using CITES Appendices I and II for Trade Traceability
- 24 CITES as a Tool for Monitoring and Adaptive Management
- 25 Linking Global Processes: Institutional Interplay and the Global Sustainable Development Agenda
- 26 Trade and Zoonotic Diseases
- 27 The Convention on Biological Diversity (1992) and Other Biodiversity Conservation Regimes: Looking through the Lens of Synergy and an Ethical Shift
- Part VI Conclusions
- Cases and Court Decisions
- CITES Resolutions and Documents
- Domestic Acts and Regulations
- Multilateral Treaties and Declarations
- Recommended Resources
Summary
The author asserts that the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 1992, the Bonn Convention 1979, CITES 1973 and the Ramsar Convention 1971 have a common objective – emphasizing environmentally sound development for the conservation of biological diversity and their habitats. The author offers a scrutiny of the accords to highlight an apparent overlap of this objective in different contexts. The author argues that since the CBD has the broadest (general) scope in terms of the above objective, all the other regimes should be sub-legislations to it where necessary. Also, the author argues that as a way to practically and effectively implement the resultant legislation, an omnibus compromise provision should be included in the CBD as an implementation guide towards the effective realization of the SDGs, demonstrating that in the author’s view, it is unrealistic to argue that all of nature can be maintained.
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- CITES as a Tool for Sustainable Development , pp. 460 - 470Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023