Conservation, biodiversity and international law / Alexander Gillespie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gillespie, Alexander.

Series:

New horizons in environmental and energy law.

New horizons in environmental and energy law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law, International.

Nature conservation--Law and legislation.

Nature conservation.

Biodiversity--Law and legislation.

Biodiversity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (624 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This important and timely book provides a rigorous overview of the defining issues presently facing conservation at international level. The author provides detailed coverage of topics ranging from the classification of species right through to access and benefit sharing, drawing on his personal experience at intergovernmental level. Each question is examined through the prism of dozens of treaties and hundreds of decisions and resolutions of the key multilateral regimes, and the law in each area is supplemented by the necessary considerations of science politics and philosophy - providing muc

Contents:

Introduction

Species and areas

Extinct and endangered

Classifications

Tangible benefits

Intangible considerations

Habitat

Trade

Exceptions for indigenous peoples, science and the military

Aliens, disease, pests and genetically modified species

Incidental capture

Development

Overlaps and gaps

Compliance

Compliance on the high seas

Management

Access and benefit sharing

Local peoples, education and finance

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-49273-2

9786613587961

0-85793-516-X

OCLC:

777330113