Biodiversity Conservation, Law and Livelihoods: Bridging the North-South Divide: IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Research StudiesMichael I. Jeffery, Jeremy Firestone, Karen Bubna-Litic Cambridge University Press, 2008 M01 7 - 598 pages The IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Research Studies' third colloquium brought together more than 130 experts from 27 nations on nearly every continent. This book brings together a number of papers presented there and offers a global perspective on biodiversity conservation and the maintenance of sustainable cultures. |
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 |
PART TWO BIODIVERSITYZ ITS CONSERVATION | 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 |
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