Ecological governance : reappraising law's role in protecting ecosystem functionality / Olivia Woolley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woolley, Olivia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law--Social aspects.

Environmental law.

Environmental management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 261 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Ecological degradation has been an object of concern for the international community since the early 1970s, but legal approaches that have been employed to improve the protection of ecosystems have failed to halt this decline. Ecological Governance explores how the law should respond to this rapid global deterioration of ecosystems by examining the foundational scientific and ethical considerations for designing laws that are effective for ecological protection. Based on these analyses, it argues that developed states should prioritise the reduction of the ecological stresses for which they are responsible in decision-making on their future courses. The author also proposes structures for governance and associated legal frameworks that would enable the formulation and implementation of policies for ecological sustainability.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Scientific and ethical foundations

3. Ecologically oriented policy-making

4. Governing an ecological transition

5. Ecological planning

6. Public participation in ecological governance

7. Informing ecological governance.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781107447080

Access Restriction:

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