Biodiversity Conservation, Law and Livelihoods: Bridging the North-South Divide: IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Research Studies

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Michael I. Jeffery, Jeremy Firestone, Karen Bubna-Litic
Cambridge University Press, 2008 M01 7
The IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Research Studies' third colloquium of 2005 brought together more than 130 experts from 27 nations on nearly every continent. This book brings together a number of the papers presented there and offers a global perspective on biodiversity conservation and the maintenance of sustainable cultures. It addresses issues from international, regional, and country-specific perspectives. The book is organized thematically to present a broad spectrum of issues, including the history and major governance structures in this area; the needs, problems, and prerequisites for biodiversity; area-based, species-based, and ecosystem-based conservation measures; the use of components of biodiversity and the processes affecting it; biosecurity; and access to and sharing of benefits from components of biodiversity and their economic value.

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Contents

Looking Back and Looking Ahead
9
Historical Perspectives and Present
26
Some Observations on the IUCN the Earth Charter and Global Governance
43
The Changing Role of Law in the Pursuit of Sustainability
49
Section A Needs Problems Prerequisites
69
A Sequence
94
Section B Implementation of the
155
National and Regional Legal and Institutional Tools
181
Progress
329
Bridging the Gap between the North
347
Reflections
358
Section A Global Warming
383
A Fantasy for China to Combat Global Warming?
400
Section B Land Management
423
Ecological Function Zoning
441
The Successful Ecograss Project and the Policy and Legal Issues
455

Cautionary
193
Section A AreaBased Measures
227
Local Peoples Perceptions and Attitudes towards the Management
233
Nomination of Shiretoko for World
251
Section B SpeciesBased Measures
265
Sanctuaries Protected Species and Politics How Effective Is Australia
280
The Emerging Ecoregime
306
Section B Genetically Modified Organisms
485
The Reality and Effect of Advance Informed Agreement
500
Section A The Situation in Antarctica
529
Section B Indigenous Intellectual and Cultural Property Rights
553
The Challenge of Legal Recognition of Indigenous
579
Index
593
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