Assigned To Dr. Md. Shafaet Hossen
Creating an international policy environment that supports national biodiversity conservation
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2-6-4 (1), MHC for MS class
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- Objectives : Strengthen the international legal framework
| 2.Creating an international policy environment that supports national biodiversity conservation:
Objectives : Integrate biodiversity conservation into international economic policy. Develop a principle and policy of "national ecological security" to ensure that international trade policies do not intensify biodiversity loss: To buffer the negative effects of increasing economic globalization, governments should develop a policy of national ecological security. The three goals of such a policy would be To ensure that the integrity and diversity of a country's basic biological systems are not compromised by the rules and practices of international trade, To protect the livelihoods of communities dependent on biotic resources, and To equitably distribute the costs and benefits of trade based on living resources within the country. Facilitate the exchange and development of technologies for conserving and using biodiversity Sustainably: The principle of free access to genetic resources reaches back millennia to the casual exchange of seeds among farmers, and accounts largely for world agricultural patterns today. But while genetic resources have tended to move relatively freely, the technologies for conserving them and exploiting their potential wealth have not. Currently, few effective mechanisms exist for exchanging technologies relating to biodiversity's conservation and use. Objectives : Strengthen the international legal framework Strengthen the effectiveness of existing international conventions and treaties covering the conservation of ecosystems, species, and genes: Numerous treaties, conventions, and multilateral or bilateral agreements address aspects of biodiversity conservation, including protection of certain species and ecosystems, regulation of international trade in endangered species, and the conservation of plant genetic resources. Although the most well-known international agreements are global in scope, many regional agreements also contribute to conservation. Many of these are tailored to specific regional conditions and tend to be more comprehensive and sometimes more stringent than global agreements since the countries involved are politically and economically homogenous. Download 1.63 Mb. Share with your friends:
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