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T1 International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review 2006
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A1 University of Joensuu, 
A2 Couzens, Ed
A2 Kolari, Tuula
K1 traditional knowledge
K1 marine biology
K1 rule of procedure
K1 environmental agreement
K1 negotiation
PB University of Joensuu
SN 978-952-458-992-5
YR 2007
FD 2007
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/9986
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/9986
NO This document synthesizes lectures from the 2006 University of Joensuu–UNEP course on international environmental law-making and diplomacy, held in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, and targets present and future negotiators. It explains negotiation blocs, the European Union’s role, and the design of compliance mechanisms under multilateral environmental agreements. It then surveys biodiversity issues, recounts the adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Cartagena Protocol, and reviews national implementation and policy frameworks. Further chapters analyze traditional knowledge, access and benefit-sharing in Brazil, invasive species via ballast water, marine conservation under the Helsinki Convention, species categorization pitfalls, and a South African World Heritage case study. Interactive exercises simulate ABS bargaining, rules for the Cartagena compliance committee, coordination of national positions, and introduce the Global Environment Facility.
NO https://www.unep.org/resources/publication/international-environmental-law-making-and-diplomacy-reviews
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 22, 2026