ABSTRACT
Environmental law and governance are the cornerstones of global efforts to conserve the environment, protect resources and ensure fair and equitable outcomes for all of the planet's inhabitants. This book presents a series of thought-provoking chapters which consider the place of governance and law in the defence against imminent and ongoing threats to ecological, social and cultural integrity.
Written by an international team of both established and early-career scholars from various disciplines and backgrounds, the chapters cover the most pressing and contemporary issues in environmental law and governance. These include access and benefit-sharing; the right to food and water; climate change coping and adaptation; human rights; the rights of indigenous communities; public and environmental health; and many more. The book has a general focus on environmental governance and law in the European Union and offers points of comparison with Canada and North and South America.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|60 pages
Biological integrity, ecology and the law
chapter 2|10 pages
Access to genetic resources and traditional knowledge and the fair sharing of benefits
chapter 3|10 pages
A regional alternative to the ineffective global response to biological invasions
chapter 4|13 pages
Redefining the relationship between the Convention on Biological Diversity and the TRIPS Agreement
part II|46 pages
The right to water and to food – climate change
part III|82 pages
Environmental legal issues in Europe and beyond
chapter 11|12 pages
Access to justice in environmental matters in the European Union legal order
chapter 12|16 pages
Unconventional gas mining – what a fracking story!
chapter 15|13 pages
Reconciliation and the Indian Residential Schools Settlement
part IV|95 pages
Democracy, ecological concerns and the perils of environmental defence