ABSTRACT
The growing concern of the international community over effective modes of international governance after the Cold War has been accompanied by a lively academic interest in regime theories. Norms are behavioural guidelines, which rules operationalize and procedures implement. A regime is effective when it contributes importantly to the solution of the problems that it was ostensibly created to address. The signing of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in June 1992 was a way of taking stock of the relative strengths of various movements and provided a basis for future negotiations. One acception of effectiveness popular among supporters of an international order based on international law equates effectiveness with compliance Wolfgang Reinicke, among others, believes in the importance of global policy networks as instruments of governance and the development of an international community. Lawyers emphasize implementation and compliance, scientists and environmentalists problem-solving and goal-attainment, philosophers normative aspects, and political scientists behavioural change and co-operation.
