Biodiversity—international law

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Practice notes

Biodiversity—international law

Copyright © 2025 LexisNexis

Produced in partnership with Richard Broadbent of Freeths

Practice notes
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This Practice Note is part of a suite of content on biodiversity including the following:

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    Biodiversity—evolution, background and key concepts

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    Biodiversity—UK policy and legislative framework

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    Biodiversity—caselaw and the role of the courts

This Practice Note will look at the following:

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    Overview of UK’s obligations under international biodiversity laws

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    The Bern Convention and the concept of favourable conservation status

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    United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

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    Sustainable Development Goals 14 and 15

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    The Aarhus Convention and public participation in environmental decision-making, access to environmental information, and access to justice

Overview of UK’s obligations under international biodiversity laws

Many of the UK’s obligations with regards to protected sites are drawn from international law, either directly or as mediated through European law in the form of Council Directive 92/43/EEC (the Habitats Directive) and Council Directive 2009/147/EC (the Wild Birds Directive).

The two most important areas of international law in the context of protected sites and the regulation of habitats are the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (the Bern

Richard Broadbent
Richard Broadbent

Director, Environmental Law, Freeths

Richard was a solicitor at Natural England since 2010 and was the Head of Legal Services since 2017. Richard then joined Freeths LLP in January 2022.

Richard led on many of Natural England’s high-profile litigation and enforcement cases and provided advice to Natural England’s teams, for example, on the emergence of the Environment Act 2021 and Nature Recovery Green Paper.

Richard is a highly distinguished environmental lawyer and has worked on a number of high-profile nationally significant infrastructure, planning, and species licencing cases. Richard trained at Collyer Bristow LLP in London and holds an LLM in Environmental Law from UCL.

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