Title: International liability regime for biodiversity damage : the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur supplementary protocol /
Authors: Shibata, Akiho, 1965-; Shibata, Akiho, 1965-
Year: 2014
Subjects: Convention on Biological Diversity; Biodiversity conservation Law and legislation; Liability for environmental damages.; Environmental law, International.; LAW / General.; LAW / Environmental.; NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Abstract: "The Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety was adopted on 15 October 2010 in Nagoya, Japan. The Supplementary Protocol provides international rules and procedures in the field of liability and redress relating to living modified organisms (LMOs) in response to damage caused by those LMOs to the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, taking into account risks to human health. The adoption came at a time when doubts had been raised about the efficacy of multilateral environmental diplomacy after the collapse of the climate change negotiations in 2009 at Copenhagen, and indeed, the Supplementary Protocol was the first universal environmental treaty adopted since the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in 2001.
Contents: Introduction : the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur supplementary protocol on liability and redress / Akiho Shibata -- A new dimension in international environmental liability regimes : a prelude to the supplementary protocol / Akiho Shibata -- Negotiating the supplementary protocol : the co-chair's perspective / René Lefeber and Jimena Nieto Carrasco -- The legal significance of the supplementary protocol : the result of a paradigm revolution / René Lefeber -- Administrative approach to liability : its origin, negotiation and outcome / Alejandro Lago Candeira -- A scientific perspective on the supplementary protocol / Reynaldo Ariel Alvarez-Morales -- Civil liability in the supplementary protocol / Gurdial Singh Nuar -- One legally-binding provision on civil liability : why was it so important from the African negotiators' perspective / Elmo Thomas and Mahlet Teshome Kebede.