International treaties and the global protection of birds: part II

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Of the major global conservation treaties the 1979 Bonn Convention provides the greatest potential for the comprehensive protection of bird species in the long-term. Drawing on lessons from previous experience, the Convention included detailed mechanisms to secure improved implementation but early progress was disappointing. Individual 'agreements' open to all range states provide a key mechanism for securing the goals of the Convention though again progress has been slow. But the 1995 African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds Agreement may mark the start of new period of optimism. The relevance of other international environmental agreements including the Climate Change and Biodiversity Conventions to the protection of birds should also be taken into account. The protection of birds has proved to be one of the earliest and most consistent areas of international action and the history of legal development in this area provides important general lessons. With some notable exceptions, the majority of governments have been cautious and ambivalent in their approach. The role of non-governmental organisations has consistently been of vital importance.

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