Category: Convention on Biological Diversity
28.10.2021
The Rights of Nature in Ecuador, Bolivia and Aotearoa New Zealand: Indigenous Peoples as Earth defenders and legal innovators
When talking about the protection of Nature, is crucial to stress the role of Indigenous peoples, whose cosmovision…
06.06.2021
The anthropocentric approach in International Environmental Law
The 1972 Stockholm Declaration of the UN Conference on Human Environment states in its first article: “1. Man…
23.11.2019
The impacts of marine debris on marine and coastal biodiversity addressed by Decision XIII/10 of the COP to the Convention on Biological Diversity
In recent years, marine debris (“any persistent, manufactured or processed solid material discarded, disposed of, or abandoned in…
11.04.2018
Plan of Action for the retention of traditional knowledge, innovations and practices
In Decision VII/16 E Annex “Elements of a Plan of Action for the retention of traditional knowledge, innovations…
02.02.2018
Programme of Work on Article 8(j) and related provisions
During its first meeting, held in Sevilla, Spain, the Working Group formulated recommendations for a Programme of Work…
15.01.2018
Ad Hoc Open-ended Inter-sessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and related provisions
In 1998, the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP4) established an Ad Hoc Open-ended Inter-sessional…