The Domestic Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Selected SADC Countries (D.R Congo, Mauritius, Namibia, and South Africa) with Specific Reference to the In-Situ Conservation Regime

Kizungu, Mushamalirwa Dieu-Donné (2021) The Domestic Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Selected SADC Countries (D.R Congo, Mauritius, Namibia, and South Africa) with Specific Reference to the In-Situ Conservation Regime. Doctoral thesis, University of KwaZulu – Natal.

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Abstract

The selected SADC countries, namely D.R Congo, Mauritius, Namibia and South Africa, continue to experience loss of biological diversity (biodiversity) despite the fact that they have all signed and ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which calls on them to conserve biodiversity and use it in a way that can avoid depletion and destruction. They enacted laws and developed strategies, policies and made institutional arrangements to implement this treaty. Thus, the purpose of this study is to discuss how each of these countries specifically responded to the requirements emanating from Article 8, in-situ conservation of the CBD and embark on a comparative analysis of how they have been able to respond to these requirements, as well. From a comprehensive analysis of the national environmental laws of these countries it appeared that they have created a set of specific mechanisms that they use to secure adherence to environmental legal duties. Moreover, in one of these countries, namely South Africa, scholars have remarkably analyzed the extent to which its government has put in place measures to better manage, regulate and control species and protected areas in line with the vision of the CBD, whereas the three other countries are still in need of further academic literature on the subject. Therefore, this research study seeks to contribute to the domain of the incorporation of international environmental rules into domestic regulatory frameworks of countries, the selected SADC countries in particular; the originality of this study being the comparative analysis of how these countries have been able to respond to the requirements emanating from an international environmental agreement, particularly the CBD. The research methodology resorted to in this study is ‘desk-based’ research and involved the compilation and examination of primary, secondary and tertiary data, and a critical assessment of laws, policies and relevant theories in a systematic way, as well. Nonetheless, the major disadvantage of relying on such a research method is that a researcher may have difficulty obtaining information specific to his/her needs. For instance, it cannot be helpful to confirm the actual implementation of national environmental laws.

Item Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences K Law > K Law (General)
Divisions:	Africana
Depositing User:	Geoffrey Obatsa
Date Deposited:	07 May 2024 05:50
Last Modified:	07 May 2024 05:50
URI:	http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/9921

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