With over 40 contributions from negotiators, stakeholders and analysts of the biosafety talks, this book provides a unique insight into the international process that led to the adoption of the Biosafety Protocol in January 2000. The contributors trace the evolution of major negotiating positions; examine key elements of the treaty; and highlight the Protocol's implications for trade, development and environmental policy and law.
Christoph Bail is head of Environment and Development, Directorate-General Environment, European Commission. Robert Falkner is lecturer in International Relations, University of Kent, and associate fellow of Chatham House. Helen Marquard is deputy head, Environment Policy department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK.