Analyse des décisions de la Convention sur la diversité biologique : un outil à utiliser à l’échelon national

The report examines 233 CBD decisions, categorizing them into five priority axes for Friends of the Earth International (ATI): community forest management, biodiversity, rights, 'false solutions' (financialization of nature), and governance. It highlights key 'Principles and Declarations' and other relevant decisions, emphasizing the need to convert international agreements into national policies through National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs). The analysis focuses on the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, the ecosystem approach to management, and the critique of market-based conservation mechanisms.

• The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) aims for the conservation of biological diversity, its sustainable use, and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources, but many decisions are not implemented because they are not converted into national policies.
• The 'ecosystem approach' is a management strategy for land, water, and living resources that integrates conservation and sustainable use, based on 12 principles including decentralized management and the inclusion of indigenous and local knowledge.
• The Addis Ababa Principles and Guidelines for the Sustainable Use of Biodiversity establish 14 principles to ensure that biological diversity is used without exceeding long-term viability thresholds, emphasizing the need to eliminate market distortions that cause habitat degradation.
• The CBD has developed several specific guidelines to protect the rights and knowledge of indigenous peoples and local communities, including the Akwé: Kon guidelines for impact studies, the Tkarihwaié: ri ethical code of conduct, and the Rutzolijirisaxik guidelines for the repatriation of traditional knowledge.
• The report identifies 'false solutions' as market-based approaches and the 'financialization of nature,' where environmental protection is framed exclusively in economic terms, which the authors argue leads to continued environmental destruction and human rights violations.
• The CBD's approach to 'incentive measures' (Article 11) includes the use of economic valuation of ecosystem services to create payment mechanisms, but the report warns that this can reinforce the financialization of nature and fail to challenge perverse incentives.
• The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (updated in 2010) sets quantitative targets, such as the effective conservation of at least 15% of each ecological region or vegetation type and the conservation of 75% of known threatened plant species in situ.
• The CBD recognizes the link between biodiversity and human health, noting that biodiversity provides direct benefits (food, medicine) and indirect benefits (clean water, resilience), while also acknowledging risks from zoonotic pathogens.

APA

Spataro, E., & Rojas, I. (2020). Analyse des décisions de la Convention sur la diversité biologique : un outil à utiliser à l’échelon national. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Analyse-des-decisions-de-la-Convention-sur-la-diversite-biologique_Amis-de-la-terre-international_francais.pdf

Chicago

Spataro, Emilio, and Isaac Rojas. Analyse des décisions de la Convention sur la diversité biologique : un outil à utiliser à l’échelon national. Friends of the Earth International, 2020. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Analyse-des-decisions-de-la-Convention-sur-la-diversite-biologique_Amis-de-la-terre-international_francais.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{spataro2020analyse, author = {Spataro, Emilio and Rojas, Isaac}, title = {{Analyse des décisions de la Convention sur la diversité biologique : un outil à utiliser à l’échelon national}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2020}, month = dec, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Analyse-des-decisions-de-la-Convention-sur-la-diversite-biologique_Amis-de-la-terre-international_francais.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }