The book focuses on the negotiation process leading up to the creation of the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) and the domestic implementation of this international agreement. This political science study of the negotiation process applies several perspectives drawn from international relations theories, while also focusing on the implementation of international environmental agreements in a developing country. Moreover, the links between factors at international and domestic levels are examined, with four proposed mechanisms through which an international institution may affect domestic policies. Evidence is found that the CBD has had a beneficial impact on national biodiversity policies in the country studied, but that necessary compatible legislation is absent in developed country parties.
Readership : Policy makers, decision makers, political scientists, lawyers and environmentalists engaged in development assistance work, and academics and industrialists involved in the biotechnology industry.

Inhalt
One: Introduction and Analytical Approach.- 1. Introductions.- 2. Methodological Deliberations.- Two: The Convention on Biological Diversity Regime Formation and Implementation.- 3. Theoretical Background and Analytical Approach.- 4. Biological Diversity The Issue-Area.- 5. The CBD Negotiations and Output.- 6. Prospects for Implementation.- Three: Implementation of the CBD in Ethiopia.- 7. A Domestic Implementation Model.- 8. Biodiversity Policies in Ethiopia.- Four: National and International Links in the Implementation Process: Regime Effects.- 9. The Role of International Institutional Mechanisms in Enhancing Domestic Implementation.- List of Anonymous Interviewees.- Glossary of Terms.- References.