Biodiversity, endogenous and customary law, and traditional knowledge

Abstract

Workshop Biodiversity in Oceania, Nouméa, NCL, 24-/06/2019 - 25/06/2019 ; The diversity of life in Oceania is rich and exceptional in many ways, but is increasingly vulnerable to many risks of natural or anthropogenic origin. An effective and efficient legal framework for the conservation, access and valorization of this biodiversity requires taking into account the plurality of social, political, economic, cultural and legal situations. Although all Pacific Island Countries and Territories have more or less elaborated environmental legislation, it is worth highlighting, as shown in the IPBES 2019 report, that biodiversity degradation is still ongoing.