Convention on Biological Diversity Post 2020 Target: A Critical Analyses of the Threat Posed by 30 X 30 Target, Devoid of a Human Rights Approach Towards Conservation to Land Rights in Developing Countries: Case Study Cameroon
Journal Title: American Journal of Environment and Climate (AJEC) - Year 2022, Vol 1, Issue 2
Abstract
In a bid to protect the country’s biodiversity, the government of Cameroon became party to the Convention on Biological Diversity. However, the convention’s recent post 2020 and its 30 by 30 target which is aimed at designating 30% of earth’s land and Oceans has caused a lot of controversy amongst human rights advocates because of the threat it poses to indigenous land rights and has been welcomed by conservationist because of the potential it has towards the protection of biodiversity. This study was conducted to address the threat posed by the Convention on Biological Diversity and its 30 by 30 target to land rights of indigenous and traditional communities in Cameroon. The study used qualitative data analysis to arrive at the findings. Implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity post 2020 and its 30 by 30 target will further increase the land rights violation of indigenous communities in a country that already has a history of violating the land rights of indigenous communities. In order to ensure that the implementation of the Convention on biological diversity post 2020 and it’s 30 by 30 targets don’t violate the land rights of indigenous and traditional communities in Cameroon, the state must adopt a human rights-based approach towards conservation and also ensure that indigenous communities are not left out in the decision-making process in decisions that affects them directly
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Agbor Desmond Tabe
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- EP ID EP722815
- DOI https://doi.org/10.54536/ajec.v1i2.628
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