International Environmental Law in the Asia PacificSpringer Netherlands, 1998 M02 18 - 364 pages What does the future hold for the development of international environmental law in the Asia Pacific? This book addresses that question through a multifaceted examination of various aspects of environmental law in the states which comprise East and Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the island states of the Southwest Pacific, and occasionally the states of South and Central Asia. A treaties table at the end of the book includes most Asia Pacific countries, giving the reader a fuller picture of the environmental conventions. In addition to providing an overall view of international environmental law, this examination includes an in-depth look at such subjects as:
The book concludes by assessing the interaction between international and regional environmental law and turning to an examination of future prospects for the Asia Pacific. Through its thorough range of coverage, International Environmental Law in the Asia Pacific provides an illustration of the current state of development of international environmental law within the region as well as the forces shaping further development of international and regional schemes for environmental governance. In doing so, the book promotes long-term ecological, social, and economic sustainability. |
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... regime in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean is assessing whether the regional regime rep- resented by the Antarctic Treaty System , or the various global regimes such as that created by UNCLOS , the 1973 International Convention for the ...
... regime demonstrates some of the difficulties of applying global regimes in regions which not only have a distinctive legal regime of their own but also have peculiar environmental and geographical factors which combine to negate the ...
... regime for the protection of the marine environment , where the vast array of global con- ventions provide an extensive , multi - layered framework within which the rele- vant international law operates . While not necessarily dealing ...
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The Nature of International Environmental | 1 |
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Principles of International Environmental | 9 |
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