Global Action for Biodiversity: An International Framework for Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity

At the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, the nations of the world adopted the convention on Biological Diversity. Since then, over 160 countries have ratified the Convention, three Conferences of the Parties have taken place and a permanent secretariat has been established. Despite this, there remains a lot of uncertainty and even more controversy about what the Convention was intended to accomplish and how it was to do so.

This book, published in association with the IUCN - The World Conservation U...