Christoph Bail is Head of the Environment and Development Unit in the European Commission's Environment Directorate-General. Robert Falkner is Lecturer in International relations at the Univerity of Essex and Associate Fellow of the Sustainable Development Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA). Helen Marquard is Head of the Europe Environment Division in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

• Foreword by Klaus Topfer * Part I: Background: the Road to the Cartegena Protocol and Beyond * Part II: The Making of the Protocol: Actors' Perspective on the Negotiations - Miami Group * Like-Minded Group * European Union * Compromise Group * Central and Eastern Europe * Environment Ministers: Political Perspectives on the Final Negotiations * Environmental NGOs * Industry * Part III: Key Elements of the Protocol * Part IV: Implications for Environment, Trade and Development: an Assessment * Part V: Appendices * Glossary * Index

'An excellent book and a highly entertaining and informative publication.' European Environmental Law Review

Christoph Bail is Head of the Environment and Development Unit in the European Commission's Environment Directorate-General. Robert Falkner is Lecturer in International relations at the Univerity of Essex and Associate Fellow of the Sustainable Development Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA). Helen Marquard is Head of the Europe Environment Division in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

• Foreword by Klaus Topfer * Part I: Background: the Road to the Cartegena Protocol and Beyond * Part II: The Making of the Protocol: Actors' Perspective on the Negotiations - Miami Group * Like-Minded Group * European Union * Compromise Group * Central and Eastern Europe * Environment Ministers: Political Perspectives on the Final Negotiations * Environmental NGOs * Industry * Part III: Key Elements of the Protocol * Part IV: Implications for Environment, Trade and Development: an Assessment * Part V: Appendices * Glossary * Index

'An excellent book and a highly entertaining and informative publication.' European Environmental Law Review

Christoph Bail is Head of the Environment and Development Unit in the European Commission's Environment Directorate-General. Robert Falkner is Lecturer in International relations at the Univerity of Essex and Associate Fellow of the Sustainable Development Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA). Helen Marquard is Head of the Europe Environment Division in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

• Foreword by Klaus Topfer * Part I: Background: the Road to the Cartegena Protocol and Beyond * Part II: The Making of the Protocol: Actors' Perspective on the Negotiations - Miami Group * Like-Minded Group * European Union * Compromise Group * Central and Eastern Europe * Environment Ministers: Political Perspectives on the Final Negotiations * Environmental NGOs * Industry * Part III: Key Elements of the Protocol * Part IV: Implications for Environment, Trade and Development: an Assessment * Part V: Appendices * Glossary * Index

'An excellent book and a highly entertaining and informative publication.' European Environmental Law Review