Coastal communities depend on the marine environment for their livelihoods, but the common property nature of marine resources poses major challenges for the governance of such resources.
The ecosystem approach, broadly understood as a legal and governance strategy for integrated environmental and biodiversity management, has been adopted within a wide variety of international environmental legal regimes and provides a narrative, a policy approach and in some cases legally binding obligations for States to implement what has been called a 'new paradigm' of environmental management.
An Introduction to Sustainability provides students with a comprehensive overview of the key concepts and ideas which are encompassed within the growing field of sustainability.
Climate change is one of the great problems facing humanity; this book introduces readers to major rulings from around the world that centre on climate change as a core focus.
Offering a detailed account of the various legal arrangements at European Union level, this book is an ideal reference tool for practitioners and legal scholars.
This book analyses how protecting the rights of local communities can contribute to the alleviation of ecological harms through the development of an innovative 'Rights for Ecosystem Services' framework.
This book offers a diverse set of solid concerted strategies in the development and implementation of specific "e;climate actions,"e; in natural and built places where we all live.
Food sovereignty is an emerging discourse of empowerment and autonomy in the food system with the development of associated practices in rural and some urban spaces.
This book explores the growing interests of China in the Arctic and examines the nature of its interests and motivations in maintaining its involvement and presence in the region.
McIntyre's work explains the legal means by which requirements of environmental protection influence the determination of a reasonable and equitable regime for allocating rights to riparian states to utilize shared freshwater resources.
Ecological Management of Mining: Achieving Environmental Compliance is a study and comparison - global in scope - of current practices used by mining firms striving for ecological management.
Bringing together contributions from diplomats, UN agency officials, lawyers and academics, this book provides insight into the evolution of international environmental law, diplomacy and negotiating techniques.
This book explores the contributions of East Asian traditions, particularly Buddhism and Daoism, to environmental philosophy in dialogue with European philosophy.
A comparison of how societal actors in different geographical, political and cultural contexts understand agents and drivers of sustainability transformations.
CONTENIDOPresentaciónSiglas, abreviaturas y acrónimosPARTE INUEVAS TENDENCIAS DEL DERECHO DEL MEDIO AMBIENTEHacia un nuevo entendimiento de la revocatoria directa de las autorizaciones ambientales por razones distintas al incumplimientoParticipación ciudadana en la elaboración del Código de Aguas de la Provincia de MendozaHacia una política y regulación ambiental y de tenencia de la tierra prospectivas: vinculación e integración de la protección ambiental, la justicia social y la sostenibilidadEl interés legítimo como limitante para la tutela judicial ambientalEl bloque de constitucionalidad ambiental en PanamáResponsabilidad fiscal por incumplimiento en el seguimiento y control a la inversión forzosa derivada del licenciamientoLa protección del Bioma Amazónico desde una perspectiva transfronteriza con especial referencia a la Alerta por deforestación: vulneración de derechos humanos de la Federación Iberoamericana del OmbudspersonPARTE IIPERSPECTIVAS INNOVADORAS DEL DERECHO DEL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICOEl mercado voluntario de créditos de carbono en proyectos REDD+Justicia climática y paz territorial: razones para abordar la huella climática de la guerra en el marco de la justicia transicional en ColombiaPARTE IIICIUDADES SOSTENIBLES Y ORDENAMIENTO AMBIENTAL DEL TERRITORIOCiudades de quince minutos: aproximaciones teóricas a la re-definición del concepto de "ciudad sostenible"El ordenamiento territorial ambiental como herramienta para la búsqueda del desarrollo localCiudades ambientalistas que desafían a Estados.
Lack of knowledge about, and noncompliance with, international standards can result in loss of sales and partnership opportunities as well as possible legal action.
Corporate Environmental Management, Second Edition, provides environmental industry executives, the investment community, and students a basis for measuring corporate environmental activities and standing.
Choosing the optimal management option requires environmental risk managers and decision makers to evaluate diverse, and not always congruent, needs and interests of multiple stakeholders.
This volume examines the range of Non-Trade Concerns (NTCs) that may conflict with international economic rules and proposes ways to protect them within international law and international economic law.
Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Mitigation and Adaptation focuses on the link between climate change threats and sustainable development goals.
Public participation has become a recurring theme and a topical issue in the field of international environmental law, with many multilateral environmental instruments calling on states to guarantee effectively the concept in their laws and practices.
The Routledge Handbook of Energy Law provides a definitive global survey of the discipline of Energy Law, capturing the essential and relevant issues in Energy today.
Written with real clarity by authors teaching and researching in the field, Wolf and Stanley on Environmental Law offers an excellent starting point for both law and non-law students encountering this diverse and controversial subject for the first time.
This book examines the threat that climate change poses to the projects of poverty eradication, sustainable development, and biodiversity preservation.
This edited volume presents a comprehensive and comparative view of the law of international watercourses with special reference to the issues facing the Ganges River basin.
This book discusses management and governance initiatives undertaken by agencies and stakeholders towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) in the Southeast Asian region, specifically Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore.
Africa is endowed with commercially viable quantities of several minerals and metals, and, more than ever before, African countries wish to harness their mineral resources for their economic development.
This book explores the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in environmental engineering, emphasizing the unique challenges and approaches required for the accurate modeling of physical phenomena.
This volume provides cutting-edge interdisciplinary analysis of the synergies between foreign investment and environmental protection by leading scholars and practitioners.
