International Legal Approaches to the Promotion of the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Forests

The protection of forests has evolved into a major challenge for international community. Attempts to combat deforestation through the REDD+-mechanism of the UNFCCC and the ABS-regime of the CBD have been ineffective so far. Consequently, current research focuses on the analysis of international legal mechanisms dealing with forests.

The promotion of the conservation and sustainable use of forests is a crucial aspect of environmental protection. However, effective and legally binding international regulations specific to forests are still absent. The scope of this research is to analyse the existent international legal regime for forests and to elaborate approaches to the enhancement of its efficiency. The rigorous analysis of international documents leads, finally, to conclude that pure market-based mechanisms are not sufficient for the conservation of forests and stronger legally-binding provisions are needed. Based on these conclusions, the research proceeds with the analysis of possible ways of the development of international legal regime for forests, as well as the promotion of compliance with international treaties.

Autorentext

Yevhenii Yatsukhnenko studied Law and International Buiseness at the National Aviation University in Kyiv, Ukraine. He graduated from the Summer School of German Law in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 2012. Subsequently, he studied Law at the University of Trier, Germany, where he accomplished his Ph. D. Studies.

Inhalt

Protection of Forest Ecosystems as a Challenge for International Law; International Legal Regime for Forests; The Role of the CBD and the Nagoya Protocol in the Protection of Forests; Forest Protection, Climate Change, and International Law; Promoting Synergies Between Climate Change Mitigation/Adaptation Activities in Forests and the CBD; Alternative Approaches to the Development of the International Legal Regime for Forests