This important and timely book provides a rigorous overview of the defining issues presently facingconservation at international level. The author provides detailed coverage of topics ranging fromthe classification of species right through to access and benefit sharing, drawing on his personalexperience at intergovernmental level. Each question is examined through the prism of dozens oftreaties and hundreds of decisions and resolutions of the key multilateral regimes, and the law ineach area is supplemented by the necessary considerations of science politics and philosophy –providing much-needed context for the reader.

Combining expert scholarship and first-hand insight, Conservation, Biodiversity and InternationalLaw will be an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners in international environmentallaw, as well as providing an accessible guide for students.

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