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
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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 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.

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Title page
Table of Contents
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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
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