Incorporating international biodiversity law principles and rights perspective into the European Union Timber Regulation
Autor: | Claudia Ituarte-Lima, Constance L. McDermott, Amelie Dupraz-Ardiot |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
Economics and Econometrics
Convention on Biological Diversity 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Law enforcement 010501 environmental sciences Substantive rights 01 natural sciences Rule of law International human rights law Law Political Science and International Relations Sustainability media_common.cataloged_instance Business European union Nexus (standard) 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common |
Zdroj: | International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics. 19:255-272 |
ISSN: | 1573-1553 1567-9764 |
Popis: | This article assesses the synergies and conflicts between the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR), and the potential role of the CBD principles and rights perspective in improving coherence across these diverse forest-related agreements. We find that both the EUTR, which aims to eliminate illegal wood from EU supply chains, and the CBD, with its core focus on biodiversity and healthy ecosystems, share the stated goals of safeguarding biodiversity and local livelihoods. However, the principle of inclusive governance and sustainable use embedded in the CBD conflicts with the EUTR. The EUTR focus on law enforcement asserts the primacy of state laws independently of their sustainability content and alignment with international human rights law. We find that the EUTR risks reinforcing legal frameworks that preference large-scale export production over local forest access, use and benefits. Better aligning the EUTR with CBD safeguards firstly requires opening-up the EUTR rule-making process to broader engagement with affected groups. Secondly, our analysis of both the procedural and substantive dimensions of the EUTR and the CBD safeguards, suggests that opportunities for better alignment lie in the nexus between procedural rights, of which law enforcement forms part of a broader vision of rule of law and conflict resolution, and the strengthening of substantive rights that benefit local forest use and conservation. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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