The Convention on Biological Diversity and Developing Countries

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Introduction and Analytical Approach

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introductions

      • G. Kristin Rosendal

      Pages 3-21

   3. Methodological Deliberations

      • G. Kristin Rosendal

      Pages 23-26

3. The Convention on Biological Diversity — Regime Formation and Implementation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27

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   2. Theoretical Background and Analytical Approach

      • G. Kristin Rosendal

      Pages 29-65

   3. Biological Diversity — The Issue-Area

      • G. Kristin Rosendal

      Pages 67-89

   4. The CBD — Negotiations and Output

      • G. Kristin Rosendal

      Pages 91-145

   5. Prospects for Implementation

      • G. Kristin Rosendal

      Pages 147-175

4. Implementation of the CBD in Ethiopia

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177

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   2. A Domestic Implementation Model

      • G. Kristin Rosendal

      Pages 179-208

   3. Biodiversity Policies in Ethiopia

      • G. Kristin Rosendal

      Pages 209-265

5. National and International Links in the Implementation Process: Regime Effects

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 267-267

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   2. The Role of International Institutional Mechanisms in Enhancing Domestic Implementation

      • G. Kristin Rosendal

      Pages 269-298

6. Back Matter

   Pages 299-316

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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.

• Deliberation
• Institution
• Nation
• Policy
• Political Science
• biodiversity
• development
• environment
• international relations
• negotiations

• The Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Lysaker, Norway

  G. Kristin Rosendal

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