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Major treaties
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Pt. I Introduction and overview 1
1 Introduction and overview 3
Pt. II Historical overview of the international process to improve coordination and create synergies between intergovernmental sustainable development institutions 13
2 From Stockholm to Johannesburg via Malmo: A historical overview of international coordination of environment - sustainable development institutions 15
Pt. III The legal milieu of interlinkages under international law 45
3 Legal mechanisms and coordination systems for promoting and managing interlinkages between multilateral environmental agreements 47
Pt. IV Theoretical foundations and basis for an analytical framework 95
4 Towards an improved understanding of effectiveness of international treaties 97
5 Interlinkages and legal effectiveness: Laying the foundations of an analytical framework 130
Pt. V Case study one: Understanding interlinkages as a factor of effectiveness within international environmental law 157
6 The interlinkages of plant genetic resources: The Convention on Biological Diversity and FAG International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 159
Pt. VI Case study two: Understanding interlinkages as a factor of effectiveness of sustainable development law 197
7 The interlinkages of plant genetic resources: The CBD and ITPGRFA and their relationship with the TRIPS Agreement 199
Pt. VII Conclusions 235
8 Conclusions for public international law and treaty management 237
Appendix 250
Selected bibliography 293
Index 298