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Conservation Policies for Agricultural Biodiversity
A Comparative Study of Laws and Policies
- 1st Edition - August 14, 2023
- Authors: Lekha Laxman, Abdul Haseeb Ansari
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 4 4 1 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 4 5 8 - 9
Conservation Policies for Agricultural Biodiversity: A Comparative Study of Laws and Policies focuses on the challenge of securing the ecological future of the planet and its in… Read more
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Request a sales quoteConservation Policies for Agricultural Biodiversity: A Comparative Study of Laws and Policies focuses on the challenge of securing the ecological future of the planet and its inhabitants by exploring the Convention of Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing and WTO laws, such as SPSS, TBT GATT. This book demonstrates how the urgent problem of biodiversity loss can be addressed by challenging notions of national self-interest and security for the purpose of implementing policies that will benefit humanity and, more importantly, ensure the future of our planet.
- Delves into the current approaches adopted in the framework of global environmental governance
- Investigates the origins, operations and effects of legal regimes, policies and practices related to the conservation of biodiversity
- Presents a comparative study of laws and policies, providing an in-depth understanding of the factors behind the lack of success in conserving agricultural biodiversity
Those who are interested in agricultural environmental protection, Environmental Economics, Agriculture, Food Security and environmental science at academic, professional and advanced student levels
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Chapter 1. The conservation of earth's biodiversity: Where are we now?
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Cause and effect of biodiversity loss
- 1.3. Adequacy of global responses to biodiversity loss
- 1.4. The evolution of international environmental law
- 1.5. Factors influencing the efficacy of environmental regimes
- 1.6. The reinventing of global environmental governance
- 1.7. Biodiversity and sustainable development
- 1.8. Sustainable development challenges in the 21st century
- 1.9. Biodiversity and sustainable agriculture
- 1.10. Linking environmental justice and democracy to biodiversity conservation
- 1.11. Research framework of book chapters
- 1.12. Conclusion
- Chapter 2. The impact of modern agricultural biotechnology on biodiversity
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Impact of anthropocentric developments on global biodiversity
- 2.3. Adequacy of sustainable development model in conserving biodiversity
- 2.4. Importance of sustainable agriculture in conserving agricultural biodiversity
- 2.5. International system for sustainable agriculture
- 2.6. The rise of agrobiotechnology and its impact on societies
- 2.7. Applications of modern biotechnology in agriculture
- 2.8. Adapting agricultural biotechnology to the needs of developing nations
- 2.9. Conclusion and suggestions
- Chapter 3. Safeguarding agricultural biodiversity: the role of precautionary principle and Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Jurisprudential framework for environmental protection and Biosafety
- 3.3. Biosafety and GMOs: the importance of regulating risks for safeguarding biodiversity
- 3.4. The evolution of Precautionary Principle and its application in the Biosafety Protocol
- 3.5. Conclusion and suggestions
- Chapter 4. Negotiating the safe use of biotechnology to conserve agrobiodiversity: issues and challenges impacting universal sustainability
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Policy issues on the safe applications of modern biotechnology
- 4.3. Resolving regime conflicts to regulate trade in GMOs
- 4.4. The architecture of global governance in GMOs
- 4.5. Conclusion and suggestions
- Chapter 5. International regulations impacting trade in GMOs: reconciling the Biosafety Protocol with the WTO regime
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. The intersecting of the biosafety protocol with the WTO agreements
- 5.3. Conclusion and suggestions
- Chapter 6. The Convention of Biological Diversity, Nagoya Protocol and TRIPS: pathways to harmonize rules on plant genetic resources
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Trade, agricultural biotechnology, and intellectual property protection
- 6.3. International developments related to protection of PGRs
- 6.4. The interface between TRIPS and CBD: efforts toward harmonization
- 6.5. Analyses of the interface between the TRIPS and the CBD
- 6.6. Mechanisms and means to harmonize TRIPS and CBD
- 6.7. The International framework for access and benefit sharing of genetic resources: a review of the Nagoya Protocol
- 6.8. An analysis of the key provisions in Nagoya Protocol
- 6.9. Conclusions and suggestions
- Chapter 7. Safeguarding agrobiodiversity, farmers' rights, and food security
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. The emergence of farmer's rights and their role in the conservation of agrobiodiversity
- 7.3. International regulations impacting on farmers' rights
- 7.4. Genetically modified crops and liability for pollen drift contamination
- 7.5. Theories of liability under common law and statutory law
- 7.6. International regulations in the field of liability and redress relating to living modified organisms
- 7.7. Agrobiodiversity, food security, and traditional farming practices: issues and concerns
- 7.8. Conclusion and suggestions
- Chapter 8. Environmental governance and biodiversity conservation in the ASEAN region
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. The current state of biodiversity in Southeast Asia: issues and concerns
- 8.3. Regional environmental governance: the ASEAN experience
- 8.4. Current ASEAN framework for regional environmental governance
- 8.5. Best practices for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity: frame of reference for ASEAN
- 8.6. Biodiversity conservation and agricultural sustainability
- 8.7. “Biocultural heritage” for protecting community rights and biodiversity
- 8.8. Mainstreaming biodiversity in development and the Sustainable Development Goals
- 8.9. Conclusion and suggestions
- Chapter 9. Exploring biodiversity conservation through the reinventing of religion
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Anthropocentrism and the environmental crisis
- 9.3. The Influence of religion on People's relationship with the environment
- 9.4. An Overview of religious perspectives on People's relationship with nature
- 9.5. Bio-divinity, religious environmentalism, and religious engineering
- 9.6. The reinventing of religion: exploring religious engineering and evolutionary learning in environmental protection
- 9.7. The effectiveness of global efforts in bridging religion and conservation
- 9.8. Conclusion
- Chapter 10. Conservation of global biodiversity: the way forward
- 10.1. Introduction
- 10.2. Concluding thoughts
- 10.3. Piecing together the jigsaw puzzle on global biodiversity loss
- Index
- No. of pages: 398
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 14, 2023
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128214411
- eBook ISBN: 9780128214589
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Lekha Laxman
Lekha Kunju Pillai Laxman currently works at the Department of Business Administration, Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. She has extensive experience as an education professional, with a PhD focused in Laws from International Islamic University Malaysia, a Master of Laws from University College London, England, and a Master of Criminal Justice from Louisiana State University, USA. She is also a Chevening Scholar. Her research interests include, but are not limited to, conservation of biodiversity, sustainable development, environmental protection, international trade, intellectual property protection and cyber law.
Affiliations and expertise
Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaAH
Abdul Haseeb Ansari
Abdul Haseeb Ansari holds a PhD in Taxation Law, Commercial Law, International Law, and Law of Property (Agriculture Taxation in India); a Master of Laws (International); a BA in Taxation Laws and Commercial Laws; and a BA in Botany, Zoology, and Chemistry. He teaches extensively on matters related to agricultural production, and authored the book Comparative Jurisprudence: A Comparative Appraisal of Western Jurisprudence and Islamic Jurisprudence.
Affiliations and expertise
Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University of Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia