ABSTRACT
This chapter provides the empirical research that examines the extent to which the G7 leaders have reliably implemented their G7 commitments relating to the preservation of international biodiversity. It suggests that patterns of Canadian and United States (US) compliance with G7 biodiversity commitments from 1990-1995 are attributed largely to elements of both regime theory and its corresponding national and international institutional variables, as well as concert theory's political control variable. The chapter begins with analysis of the 1990 Houston Summit. Biodiversity has received significantly less attention by the leaders at their annual Summits than climate change and global warming issues. The fact that the G7 had endorsed Canadian government for forest management during both the Houston and London Summits reflected a growing international awareness on the importance of forestry issues. This ultimately culminated in the adoption of a set of guiding principles at the Earth Summit in Rio and subsequently endorsed at the G7 Munich Summit.
