Suchergebnisse

The legal and institutional framework -- The environment and international society: issues, concepts and definitions -- History -- Governance: states, international organisations and non-state actors -- International law-making and regulation -- Compliance: implementation, enforcement, dispute settlement -- Principles and rules establishing standards -- General principles and rules -- Atmospheric protection -- Climate change -- Freshwater resources -- Biological diversity -- Oceans, seas and marine living resources -- Hazardous substances and activities, and waste -- The polar regions: antarctica and the arctic -- Environmental impact assessment -- Environmental information and technology transfer -- Liability for environmental damage -- Human rights and international humanitarian law -- International economic law: trade, investment and intellectual property -- Future developments

"This collection of essays examines the development and application of environmental laws and the relationship between public laws and international law. Notions of good governance, transparency and fairness in decision-making are analysed within the area of the law perceived as having the greatest potential to address today's global environmental concerns. International trends, such as free trade and environmental markets, are also observed to be infiltrating national laws. Together, the essays illustrate the idea that in the context of environmental problems being dynamic and environmental changes appearing suddenly, laws become difficult to design and effect. Typically, they are also devised within a conflicted setting. It is in this changeable and discordant context that environmental discourses such as precaution, justice, risk, equity, security, citizenship and markets contribute to legal responses, present legal opportunities or hinder progress"--

This fully updated second edition of Corporate Accountability in International Environmental Law examines systematically all international sources of corporate accountability standards with specific reference to environmental protection, and elaborates on their theoretical and practical implications for international environmental law.

Prevention is recognized as a cornerstone of international environmental law, but this principle remains abstract and elusive in terms of exactly what is required of states to prevent environmental harm. In this illuminating work, Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli addresses this issue by offering a systematic, comprehensive assessment in which she clarifies the rationale, content, and scope of the prevention principle while also placing it in a wider legal context. The book offers a detailed analysis of treaty law, custom codification works, and case law before culminating in a conceptualization of prevention based on three definitional traits: 1. Its anticipatory rationale; 2. Its due diligence content; and 3. Its wide spatial scope to protect the environment as a whole. This book should be read by anyone seeking to understand the evolving principle of prevention in international environmental law, and how it increasingly shares common ground with reparation in the arena of compliance control.

The creation and development of international environmental law -- The wild environmental facts -- The root causes -- Economics and sustainable development -- A brief history from Stockholm to Rio (twice) -- International organizations and non-state actors -- International environmental lawmaking -- Making international environmental law work -- Principles and concepts in international environmental law -- International environmental protection -- Transboundary air pollution -- Stratospheric ozone depletion -- The law of climate change -- Oceans and seas -- Freshwater resources -- Hazardous chemicals and wastes -- Biodiversity and wildlife conservation -- Protection of habitat -- International environmental law and other legal regimes -- International trade and the environment -- Human rights and environment -- International investment and corporate standards.

What is ecological restoration? -- Why should we restore nature? -- International soft law and ecological restoration -- International conventions and ecological restoration -- The convention on biological diversity and ecological restoration -- Regional approaches : law and policy on ecological restoration in the European Union -- National approaches to ecological restoration -- Private non-state actors and ecological restoration -- Protected areas and ecological restoration -- Climate change and ecological restoration -- Future directions for International law on ecological restoration

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Forewords -- AMBASSADOR STUART E. EIZENSTAT -- AMBASSADOR THOMAS A. SHANNON JR. -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- AIM OF THE BOOK -- METHODOLOGY ADOPTED -- DEFINING THE ENVIRONMENT -- WHY PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT? -- THE CONCEPTS OF EXPLOITATION, CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION -- A BRIEF HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW-MAKING -- STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK -- NOTES -- Chapter 2: Stakeholders in international environmental regimes -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ROLE OF THE STATE -- THE ROLE OF NON-STATE ACTORS -- NOTES -- Chapter 3: Antarctic regime and mineral exploitation -- INTRODUCTION -- A BRIEF HISTORY OF ANTARCTICA -- ANTARCTICA AND THE SEARCH FOR MINERALS -- BUILDING THE ANTARCTIC REGIME -- THE ANTARCTIC TREATY AND MINERAL EXPLOITATION -- WHY THE PUSH TO EXPLOIT ANTARCTICA'S MINERALS? -- ENGOS AND ANTARCTIC MINERAL EXPLOITATION -- ANTARCTIC TREATY CONSULTATIVE PARTIES AND MINERAL EXPLOITATION -- ENGOS DURING THE 1970S -- THE CREATION OF THE WELLINGTON CONVENTION (CRAMRA) -- ENGO RESPONSES TO THE CRAMRA NEGOTIATIONS -- ENGO OPPOSITION TO CRAMRA -- WHY DID CRAMRA FAIL TO BE RATIFIED? -- THE NEGOTIATION OF THE MADRID PROTOCOL -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- Chapter 4: Tropical timber -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ENVIRONMENTAL ROLE OF TROPICAL FORESTS -- TROPICAL FOREST DEFORESTATION -- CAUSES OF TROPICAL FOREST DEFORESTATION -- BUILDING AN INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER REGIME? -- THE ENGOS AND THE TROPICAL TIMBER REGIME -- THE INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER AGREEMENT -- THE INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER ORGANIZATION -- THE ENGO RESPONSE TO THE NEW ITTO -- SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT -- SUSTAINABLE LABELLING -- THE ITTO AND THE YEAR 2000 OBJECTIVE -- THE 1994 SUCCESSOR AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS -- THE YEAR 2000 REPORT.

"At the time of the 1972 Stockholm UN Conference on the Human Environment, the concept of sustainable development and the subject of international environmental law were virtually unknown. Since then, the importance of the subject has burgeoned, as has the number and complexity of the legal instruments that seek to address the threats posed to the planet by humankind. Deforestation, marine pollution, climate change, loss of biodiversity and similar concerns are now familiar - and still unresolved - problems. This research review discusses a selection of key articles on the seminal issues of sustainable development and international environmental law, providing the reader with a solid understanding of the breadth and texture of the legal issues involved"--Preface