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Journal of Environmental Law Advance Access originally published online on August 24, 2009
Journal of Environmental Law 2009 21(3):419-442; doi:10.1093/jel/eqp024
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International Nature Conservation Law and the Adaptation of Biodiversity to Climate Change: a Mismatch?

Arie Trouwborst*

*Lecturer in environmental law at Tilburg University, Faculty of Law, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands, (a.trouwborst{at}uvt.nl). Helpful comments by the anonymous referees are gratefully acknowledged by the author.


  Abstract

Biological diversity worldwide is expected to come under increasing stress on account of climate change. International cooperation between states is required, inter alia because species and ecosystems will (attempt to) shift their distributions, including across jurisdictional boundaries. Current international nature conservation regimes were, however, not created with climate change in mind and are likely to fall short of what is required to adequately facilitate the adaptation of species and ecosystems to climate change. The article explores the mismatch involved and the associated challenge of making international nature conservation law climate change proof.

Key Words: adaptation • biological diversity • climate change • international law • nature conservation


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