Biodiversity is a key to human well-being. However universally acknowledged, this reality is not appreciated as much as one might imagine or hope. Having achieved a high standing in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1992, biodiversity appears to have gradually fallen from that position in the 20 years since. This is evidenced by the fact that most discussions and actions in relati...

Biological diversity or biodiversity (the latter term is simply a contraction of the former) is the variety of life, in all of its many manifestations. It is a broad unifying concept, encompassing all forms, levels and combinations of natural variation, at all levels of biological organization (Gaston and Spicer 2004). A rather longer and more formal definition is given in the international Con...

Forests are biologically diverse systems, representing some of the richest biological areas on Earth. They offer a variety of habitats for plants, animals and micro-organisms. However, forest biodiversity is increasingly threatened as a result of deforestation, fragmentation, climate change and other stressors. Biodiversity is the variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or on t...

The Tobacco Convention was adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2003. Nikogosian and Kickbusch examine the five potential impacts of the Tobacco Convention and its Protocol on public health. These include the adoption of the Convention would seem to unlock the treaty-making powers of WHO; the impact of the Convention in the global health architecture has been phenomenal globally; t...

This article discusses the efforts made to ensure implementation of Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Ghana. The discussion is based analysis primary data gathered through interviews and several official reports, policy documents, legislative instruments, Acts Parliament Ghana that pertains environmental protection, biodiversity conservation, sustainable development. findings have bee...

The decrease in biodiversity occurs across national borders and has mutual influences on food health. In this study, we analyzed the links relationships between decisions made by Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) of United Nations, World Health (WHO), Convention Biological Diversity (CBD)—the highest decision-making bodies each field—from 1994 to 2018. We aimed determine how regime related ot...

the first international convention on maritime transportation is thebrussels’ convention of 1924. this convention was widely acceptedthroughout the world and; thus, lasted for a long time due to the widespreadsupport of the countries possessing fleet for this convention and the lack ofexistence of a legal document in terms of maritime transportation. thepassage of time together with innovations...