International Wildlife Law: Understanding and Enhancing Its Role in ConservationShow others and affiliations
2017 (English)In: BioScience, ISSN 0006-3568, E-ISSN 1525-3244, Vol. 37, no 9, p. 784-790, article id bix086Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Many conservation professionals are familiar with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Ramsar Convention, and the World Heritage Convention. Regional instruments, such as those focusing on Africa, Antarctica, or Europe, are also conspicuous features of the conservation arena. Other international wildlife agreements focus on particular species, such as polar bears or albatrosses, or particular transboundary protected areas, such as the huge Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (see table 1). These agreements are collectively known as international wildlife law (Bowman et al. 2010). The binding agreements themselves are typically accompanied and informed by an evolving set of nonbinding instruments, such as Conference of the Parties (COP) decisions and action plans.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2017. Vol. 37, no 9, p. 784-790, article id bix086
Keywords [en]
International Environmental Law, Convention on Biological Diversity
National Category
Law
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-328008DOI: 10.1093/biosci/bix086ISI: 000410077600004OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-328008DiVA, id: diva2:1133295
2017-08-152017-08-152018-03-19Bibliographically approved