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A review essay on books by (1) Adam Roberts & Richard Guelff (Eds), Documents on the Laws of War ([3rd edition] Oxford: Oxford U Press, 2000); (2) Ingrid Detter, The Law of War ([2nd edition] Cambridge: Cambridge U Press, 2000); (3) Francoise Bouchet-Saulnier, The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law ([1st English language edition] Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002); & (4) Roy Gutman, David Rieff, & Kenneth Anderson (Eds), Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know (New York: W. W. Norton, 1999).

Examines the participation of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in international environmental issues. Environmental NGOs acquire political authority by connecting scientific knowledge to action programs that promulgate particular visions of natural & social welfare. The political intervention of environmental NGOs fulfills three functions: critique of accepted environmental knowledge frameworks; creation of epistemic networks that facilitate public-specialist, activist-political, & local-global interaction; & dissemination & transference of skills, knowledge, material resources, & technology to needy organizations or regions. Moreover, environmental NGOs provide alternatives to traditional processes of gathering scientific knowledge & increase NGO-state cooperation by facilitating communication & augmenting participation. J. W. Parker