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The issue of forests has been seen on the international political agenda for several decades by now. The loss of tropical forests in particular began to raise concern in politics and society, especially in industrialised countries. First calls for an international instrument on forests came from northern countries and non-governmental organizations. The particular idea of an international forest convention was made by the United States of America.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Cf. Davenport (2005), p. 107.

  2. 2.

    A description lent from Humphreys (2005).

  3. 3.

    Davenport calls this “an asymmetric deadlock”, Davenport (2005), pp. 107 et seq.

  4. 4.

    Tarasofsky (1996).

  5. 5.

    Cf. Tarasofsky (1996), pp. 687 et seq.

  6. 6.

    United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, New York, 9 May 1992. UNTS, Vol. 1771, p. 107.

  7. 7.

    Convention on Biological Diversity, Rio de Janeiro, 5 June 1992. UNTS, Vol. 1760, p. 79; Khalastchi and Mackenzie (1999); The negotiation history of the CBD is not presented here. For detailed information see for example Bodansky (1995); Glowka (1994); de Klemm (1993); Bowman and Redgwell (1996).

  8. 8.

    See for example VanderZwaag and MacKinley (1996), pp. 32 et seqq.

  9. 9.

    See Hönerbach (1996).

  10. 10.

    Brunnée and Nollkaemper (1996).

  11. 11.

    See in particular Tarasofsky (1999); Mackenzie (2012); van Asselt (2012); Rayner et al. (2010); Rosendal (2001); Dimitrov (2005); Humphreys (2005).

  12. 12.

    See particularly the two comparably more extensive works on the issue of forests from Krohn (2002) and Schulte zu Sodingen (2002).

  13. 13.

    For an overview see Giessen (2013).

  14. 14.

    See for example van Asselt (2012), opting for “autonomous interplay management”, referring to Oberthür (2009).

  15. 15.

    See the considerations made by Mackenzie (2012) or Humphreys (2005); Krohn (2002); Schulte zu Sodingen (2002).

  16. 16.

    See for a methodological chart to establish the need for a convention Bass and Thomson (1997), p. 13.

  17. 17.

    Rayner et al. (2010).

  18. 18.

    Report of the UN Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3–14 June 1992. Annex III: Non-Legally Binding Authoritative Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of all Types of Forests, UN Doc. A/CONF.151/26 (Vol. III), 14 August 1992.

  19. 19.

    Report of the UN Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3–14 June 1992. Annex II: Agenda 21, UN Doc. A/CONF.151/26 (Vol. II), 13 August 1992.

  20. 20.

    United Nations General Assembly, 62nd session, Agenda item 54, Resolution adopted by the General Assembly 62/98 Non-legally binding instrument on all types of forests, 31 January 2008, UN Doc. A/RES/62/98.

  21. 21.

    Convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora, Geneva, 1 July 1975, UNTS, Vol. 993, p. 243.

  22. 22.

    International Tropical Timber Agreement 1983, Geneva, 18 November 1983. UNTS, Vol. 1393, p. 67; International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994 (adopted Geneva, 26 January 1994, entered into force provisionally on 1 January 1997, in accordance with article 41(3)), 1955 UNTS 81; International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006 (adopted Geneva, 27 January 2006, entered into force 7 December 2011), UN Doc. TD/TIMBER.3/12.

  23. 23.

    General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, UNTS, Vol. 1867, p. 187.

  24. 24.

    Convention for the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage, Paris, 16 November 1972, UNTS, Vol. 1037, p. 151.

  25. 25.

    Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat. Ramsar, 2 February 1971, UNTS, Vol. 996, p. 245.

  26. 26.

    Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Kyoto, 11 December 1997, UNTS, Vol. 2303, p. 148.

  27. 27.

    United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, Paris, 14 October 1994, UNTS, Vol. 1954, p. 3.

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Eikermann, A. (2015). State of Research and Structure of the Book. In: Forests in International Law. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14950-9_1

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