Widening Perspectives on Biodiversity

Contents: Special foreword by Kamal Nath. Preface. I. Introduction: 1. Biodiversity conservation: foundations for the 21 century/M. Holdgate and B. Giovannini. 2. Critical issues in the implementation of the convention on biological diversity/J.A. McNeely. 3. The global biodiversity forum and the convention on biological diversity/K.R. Miller. 4. An introduction to the convention on biological diversity/F. Burhenne-Guilmin and L. Glowka. 5. Opening remarks to the global biodiversity forum/A. Cropper. II. Implementing the convention on biological diversity: achieving convention objectives through regional collaboration: Editors' introduction. 1. Wetlands in the Asia-Pacific Region: strategies for mobilising action for their protection and sustainable use/S.A. Hussain. 2. The South Pacific biodiversity conservation programme/W.T. King. 3. Broadening participation in the implementation of the convention on biological diversity in the Caribbean Community/Y.L. St. Hill. 4. Conserving Africa's biodiversity: issues, impacts and priorities/N.H.A. Cole. 5. Broadening participation in implementing the convention on biological diversity: an African perspective/J.W. Forje. 6. Biodiversity is a new concept requiring new administrative arrangements/R. Huele. III. Activities to incorporate the objectives of the convention on biological diversity into national endeavours and legislation: Editors' introduction. a. Africa: 1. Technology and biodiversity in Kenya: technological capabilities and institutional systems for conservation/J. Mugabe. 2. Strategies for strengthening the role of local communities and their institutions in the implementation of the convention on biological diversity: a case study of Tanzania/B.A. Kamara. 3. Integrating biodiversity conservation in sectoral laws and policies: a case study of Nigeria with considerations for developing countries/O.O. Ajai. b. The Americas: 4. A conservation vision for Vancouver Island/I. Parfitt and N. Zimmermann. 5. Introducing biodiversity into the decision-making process of the Peruvian Government: a Utopia?/M.L. Del Rio Mispireta. 6. The new constitution of Colombia: environmental and indigenous people's issues/G. Sarmiento. c. Asia: 7. People's participation in the conservation of biodiversity in India/A. Kothari. 8. Biodiversity and Indian National Law: a conceptual framework/A. Kothari and S. Singh. 9. Strategies for incorporating biodiversity considerations into the mainstream of Indonesian Public Policy/P. Santoso. 10. Promoting the role of local communities and NGOs in the management of Indonesia's Halimun National Park/W. Wardojo. 11. Biodiversity conservation and utilisation: Thailand's experience/S. Sriwatanapongse. 12. Obstacles to harnessing creativity: Philippine efforts to conserve biodiversity and to use biological resources sustainably/M. Leonen and A.G.M. La Vina. 13. The implementation of the integrated protected areas system programme in the Philippines/C. Catibog-Sinha. IV. Broadening participation in implementing the convention on biological diversity: the contribution by specific groups: Editors' introduction. 1. How biologists can assist the convention on biological diversity: lists revisited/S.N. Stuart and T.A. Sullivan. 2. Broadening the basis for enhancing biodiversity: an Australian farmer's perspective and experience/B. Milne. 3. Women and the convention on biological diversity/A. Domoto. 4. The Earth Council's role in strengthening indigenous people's participation in implementing the convention on biological diversity/B. Schulthess. 5. Community participation in the conservation of biodiversity/G. Muyuy Jacanamejoy. 6. Development, environment and indigenous women in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh/K. Chakma. V. Issues in conserving and utilising genetic resources:  Editors' introduction. 1. The CGIAR and the convention on biological diversity/W.G. Ayad. 2. The role of Genebanks in Plant Genetic Resource Conservation under the convention on biological diversity/S. Blixt. 3. Conceptualising in Situ  conservation of landraces/E. Friis-Hansen. 4. The implications of the intellectual property rights regime of the convention on biological diversity and GATT on biodiversity conservation : a third world perspective/G. Singh Nijar and Chee Yoke Ling. 5. A call for intellectual property rights to recognise indigenous people's knowledge of genetic and cultural resources/E. Carreno Peralta. 6. Marketing "Genetic Technologies" in South-North and South-South exchanges: the proposed role of a new facilitating organisation/W.H. Lesser and A.F. Krattiger. 7. Challenges and opportunities for South-South co-operation in implementing the convention on biological diversity/V. Sanchez and C. Juma. 8. Proposed establishment of phytochemical extraction companies in developing countries/R. Thomas, A.G. Brown and N.T. Flaih. VI. Biodiversity and environmental impact assessment: Editors' introduction. 1. Incorporating biodiversity objectives and criteria into Environmental Impact Assessment Laws and Mechanisms in Indonesia/R. Dahuri. 2. Conservation of biodiversity and the environmental impact assessment process in Malaysia/Y.K. Leong. 3. Environmental impact assessment and biodiversity: Thailand's experience/S. Bunpapong. 4. Biodiversity's contribution to rural livelihoods-a component of environmental impact assessment/M. Melnyk. 5. Biosafety-an environmental impact assessment tool-and the role of the convention on biological diversity/A.F. Krattiger and W.H. Lesser. 6. Biodiversity and environmental impact assessment in agriculture: the approach of the African pesticide and environment management foundation/A.R. Latigo. 7. The need for the measurement and evaluation of biodiversity/R. Senanayake. VII. The role of NGOs and other institutional mechanisms in implementing the convention on biological diversity: Editors' introduction. 1. Broadening participation in the convention on biological diversity: a view from the USA/P.R. Jutro. 2. The biodiversity action network (BioNet)/S. Cohen and D. Downes. 3. An Eastern European perspective on the implementation of the convention on biological diversity/E. Schmuck. 4. The role of regional conventions in the implementation of the convention on biological diversity/E. Fernandez-Galiano. 5. Public and community participation in the global environment facility's funding of the convention on biological diversity/N. Johnson. 6. Participation of "Major Groups" in the conference of the parties to the convention on biological diversity: myths, practices and procedures/S. Bilderbeek and A. Wijgerde. 7. A technical review of the Global Environment Facility's Pilot phase biodiversity investment portfolio: Lessons for the convention on biological diversity/K. Newcombe and K. Richardson. 8. Conservation and agriculture: the need for a new international network of biodiversity and development institutes to resolve conflict/D. Wood. Appendix. Index.

"At the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992, over 150 nations signed the convention on biological diversity-a record by any standard. Since then, nearly 20 other states have signed the convention. Over 40 states ratified the convention in less than 18 months another record-so that the convention became International Environmental Law on 29 December 1993. Widening perspectives on biodiversity raises and discusses essential questions related to the convention on biological diversity, conservation and use of genetic resources, and North-South controversies and opportunities and provides specific and original answers based on the contributors' own experiences." (jacket)