| dc.description.abstract | Biological Diversity, among its very diverse advantages has been
pointed out as key for achieving environmental sustainability. It has
however been noted that biological diversity across the globe is being
depleted. The international community responded by developing
several international treaties for biological diversity conservation,
including the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the
Ramsar Convention. China is very rich in biological diversity and is
party to the Conventions. In addition, China has in place several laws
as well as protected areas to ensure the conservation of biological
diversity. This notwithstanding, China still faces biological diversity
depletion. This has been attributed to among other factors, over population and industrialization. This article therefore seeks to
critically analyze the efficacy of the CBD and Ramsar Conventions is
ensuring Biological Diversity Conservation. The paper further analyses
the extent to which China has achieved its obligations under the
conventions. The paper concludes that the treaties, whereas a very good
development, have some weakness. In addition, whereas China has
done well in meeting its obligations under the treaties, it still faces some
challenges. The article among others recommends that China should
embrace public participation in ensuring biological diversity
conservation. In achieving its objectives, the article adopts the doctrinal
method of research. | en_US |
