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Title: | Norm Localization in Domestic Practices: An Analysis on Implementing Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Japan |
Contributor(s): | Kohyama, Satomi (author); Gao, Xiang (author) ; Charlton, Guy (author) |
Publication Date: | 2015-10 |
Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/52568 |
Abstract: | | Japan signed the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1992, and ratified it in 1993. Since that time, the Japanese Governmenthas sought to include the consideration for, and the preservation of biodiversity in the domestic legislative process. Howeverthese efforts did not attain full realization until 2008, when under the increasing pressure and influence of domestic environmental movement, the Japanese Government established the Babic Act on Biodiversity (Act No. 58 of 2008). This paper will examine and summarize the localization process of the CBDthrough an analysis of three sectors of Japanese society: state actors (including local governments), societal actors (non-governmental movements andinterest groups, etc.), and private actors. The paper considers the interaction of these various sectors in the development of biodiversity policy and argues for the potential the "Environmentalization" of Japanese law, i.e. that the legislative and the regulatory process include as a background assumption that biodiversity is an objective of regulatory protection. This environmentalization had become an important component in Japan's self-perception as a "responsible power" in international environmental circles.
Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Source of Publication: | Frontiers of North East Asian Studies, v.14, p. 29-56 |
Publisher: | Association for Northeast Asian Regional Studies Japan |
Place of Publication: | Japan |
ISSN: | 2188-0352 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 440803 Comparative government and politics 440808 International relations 480203 Environmental law |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 230299 Government and politics not elsewhere classified 230399 International relations not elsewhere classified |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes |
HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences School of Law
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