Environmental Agreements Co-ordination and Assistance in the Biodiversity Conservation Cluster By

This report examines co-ordination and turf struggles in the relationship between regimes and UN organisations within the field of biological diversity. The UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) represents the most central organisation with a view to these co-ordination efforts, not least with a view to its role in initiating and shaping international negotiations within environmental issue areas. In order to approach this question and shed light on the broader range of issues pertaining to implementation and co-ordination efforts, the authors look into both arena- and actor-related functions of UNEP. Analytically, they address the scope for UNEP in enhancing concern and a contractual environment among negotiat-ing parties. They add to the analytical framework some of the main preconditions or dimensions affecting the problem solving capacity of an organisation: Role and position in the UN system, financial state, geographical location, and bureaucratic culture. First, they look into the role of UNEP in the formation of the CBD. Second, they examine how these dimensions have been played out in the relation