EDITORIAL

Earlier MEAs, such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the World Heritage Convention (WHC), addressed truly international objectives. [...]CITES is clearly applicable to species moving in "international trade". [...]the MP's connection to the global environment is perhaps the most clearly defined of any MEA - it focuses on decreasing atmospheric releases of substances that are chemically shown to negatively impact (deplete) the ozone layer. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), for example, identifies conservation, sustainable development and equity - generally matters seen as national - as its global objectives, and the overwhelming bulk of its provisions call for national legislative, administrative and on-the-ground measures.