The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction prohibits the development, production, acquisition, transfer, stockpiling and use of microbial or other biological agents, or toxins in a manner which has no justification for prophylactic, protective or other peaceful purposes. It also ban...

Indonesia's decision to withhold samples of avian influenza virus A (H5N1) from the World Health Organization for much of 2007 caused a crisis in global health. The World Health Assembly produced a resolution to try to address the crisis at its May 2007 meeting. I examine how the parties to this controversy used international law in framing and negotiating the dispute. Specifically, I analyze I...

The CAPRi Program is one of several Inter-Center Initiatives of the CGIAR and aims to promote comparative research on the role played by property and collective action institutions in shaping the efficiency, sustainability, and equity components of natural resource systems. CAPRi Working Papers contain preliminary material and research results, and are circulated prior to a full peer review in ...

Abstract This article applies some conceptual tools from semiotics to better understand the disastrous impacts of world economy on global ecology. It traces accelerating production material disorder and waste logic money sign, as economic processes simultaneously increase exchange-values entropy. The exchange indexical iconic signs is essential dynamics ecological systems proliferation biologic...

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was one of two legally binding treaties that were put out for signing at the Rio Summit in 1992. More than 180 nations have ratified the Convention so far. The signatories to the Convention are obliged to set up legislation and regulations to meet the objectives of the CBD, these being i) the conservation of biodiversity, ii) the sustainable use of i...

In 2004, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) addressed a United Nations (UN) call for area-based planning, including for marine-protected areas that resulted in a global effort to describe ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs). We summarized the results, assessed their consistency, and evaluated the process developed by the Secretariat of the CBD to e...