Biodiversity Conservation and the Problem of Extraterritoriality.

The article provides an overview of U.S. and global legal frameworks for biodiversity protection and addresses developments that may affect compliance requirements of businesses, including the problem of extraterritoriality. Topics discussed include jurisdictional limitations of the Endangered Species Act and other environmental laws, Convention on Biological Diversity and the Global Biodiversity Framework, climate- and nature-related financial disclosures and sustainability disclosure.