Emerging Countries and the Convention on Biological Diversity
(2015) Rising Powers and Multilateral Institutions — ISBN: [978-113-739-759-1], 258-279, published
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- The Convention on Biological Diversity is a dynamic environmental treaty, which deals with global biodiversity governance according to three objectives: the conservation of biological diversity; its sustainable use; and the equitable sharing of the benefits arising from this use. There is no consensual definition of who “emerging countries” are in the CBD negotiations. This chapter looks at Brazil, India, South Africa and China to compare their power to the one of other key players in global biodiversity governance, i.e. the United States, Switzerland, Canada, and Japan, over the period 1992-2013. Emerging countries are found to share a common negotiating agenda, including benefit sharing and the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities. However, they do not necessarily constitute a very homogeneous group: country coalitions may differ according to the topic, and only individual countries regularly appear on the front scene of the CBD negotiations, in particular Brazil and China.
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Orsini, A., & Nakanabo Diallo, R. (2015). Emerging Countries and the Convention on Biological Diversity. In Lesage, D. and T. Van de Graaf (ed.), Rising Powers and Multilateral Institutions (pp. 258-279). Palgrave.