International Protection Policy of World Biological Diversity as the Factor of Sustainable Development of the Territorial Systems

Abstract

The article discusses the evolution of international biodiversity policy in the period from 1992 to 2019 as well as it demonstrates the significance of the global problem of species extinction and describes the structure and main directions of international biodiversity policy. The article presents the features of the negotiation process for the protection and use of the world biodiversity, the complexity of forming a unified global policy. Moreover, it outlines the main stages of development of the mechanisms for biodiversity protection. The main documents of international biodiversity diplomacy such as the Convention on biological diversity, the Cartagena and Nagoya protocols are analysed in the article. The role of groups of states in shaping the agenda of conferences, their positions and interests are also studied.

Keywords

• biodiversity
• species extinction
• sustainable development
• international policy
• convention on biological diversity
• cartagena protocol
• nagoya protocol
• aichi agreements