ABSTRACT
This chapter sets forth the main global instruments in the field of biodiversity law that relate more specifically to the conservation of different types of species and habitats. A first set of international agreements reproduced here has as its main objective the conservation of particular groups of vulnerable species. The focus of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), adopted in 1973, is the prohibition or regulation of international trade in endangered species of fauna and flora listed in three Appendices to the Convention. A second range of instruments on the international level deals more specifically with the protection of different types of habitats. The chapter also contains specific sub-sections devoted to desertification, forests and Antarctica. The 1994 Desertification Convention aims to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought while focusing especially on states experiencing serious drought in Africa.
