Research Agenda
The biodiversity program seeks to develop and define the inter-linkages between different biodiversity-related policies and law in economic, environmental and social regimes. It also seeks to strengthen connections between biodiversity initiatives at the national, regional and international levels. The programme focuses its research on the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing (ABS), and biosafety.
Our Sustainable Development Law Research on ABS follows the ongoing discussions on this topic taking place at the Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Trade Organization, and the World Intellectual Property Organization. Our projects and writings have examined the implementation of ABS measures, existing gaps in ABS systems, and future research priorities on ABS.
Our Sustainable Development Law Research into Biosafety follows the processes of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the WTO in particular. Our projects and writings include work on the implementation of national biosafety regimes, case studies of innovations in biosafety law, analyzing pressing sustainable development questions in biosafety law and policy including food aid and socio-economic considerations, and surveying the current state-of-play of biosafety law.
Our Sustainable Development Law Research into the Green Economy follows the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and its work on further understanding the nature of a green economy that furthers sustainable development and alleviates poverty. Our work includes contributing to the preparatory process for the 2012 UNCSD conference in Rio and collaborating with the International Development Law Organization.