Betsill, Michele M.

NGO Diplomacy : The Influence of Nongovernmental Organizations in International Environmental Negotiations. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (263 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Acronyms -- 1 Introduction to NGO Diplomacy -- 2 Analytical Framework: Assessing the Influence of NGO Diplomats -- 3 Environmental NGOs and the Kyoto Protocol Negotiations: 1995 to 1997 -- 4 Non-state Actors and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety -- 5 NGO Influence in the Negotiations of the Desertification Convention -- 6 Non-state Influence in the International Whaling Commission, 1970 to 2006 -- 7 NGO Influence on International Policy on Forest Conservation and the Trade in Forest Products -- 8 Reflections on the Analytical Framework and NGO Diplomacy -- References -- Index.

Provides an analytical framework for assessing the impact of NGOs on intergovernmental negotiations on the environment and identifying the factors that determine the degree of NGO influence, with case studies that apply the framework to negotiations on climate change, biosafety, desertification, whaling, and forests.

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Environmental policy-International cooperation.
Environmental law, International.
Negotiation.
Non-governmental organizations.


Electronic books.

GE170.N52 2008

363.7/0526