Environmental enforcement networks : concepts, implementation and effectiveness / edited by Michael Faure, Peter De Smedt, An Stas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Faure, Michaël, editor.

Smedt, Peter de, editor.

Stas, An, editor.

International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement, sponsoring body.

Series:

New Horizons in Environmental and Energy Law series

New horizons in environmental and energy law series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (574 p.)

Place of Publication:

Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Compliance and enforcement is a fundamental issue within environmental law. But despite its pertinence, it is an area that has been neglected in academic research. Addressing this gap, this timely book considers the circumstances under which networking can increase the effectiveness of environmental enforcement.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I General theory; 1. Environmental enforcement networks: theory, practice and potential; 2. Better regulation, enforcement and networking: co-dependency for the global environment; 3. Connecting cultures: towards sustainable networking: key success factors for environmental cooperation across cultures; 4. The role of networks in ensuring compliance and strengthening coordination: a comparative analysis on INECE, ECENA, RENA and REC Turkey

5. Evaluating and assessing environmental enforcement networks: through use of the network evaluation matrixPart II Benefits of networks; 6. Towards a critical analysis of environmental enforcement networks; 7. Environmental enforcement networks: their 'value proposition' during times of reducing resources and budgets; 8. Environmental regulation and enforcement networks operating in tandem: a very effective vehicle for driving efficiencies and facilitating knowledge exchange and transfer Environmental regulation and enforcement networks in tandem

9. Countering transnational organized wildlife crime: regional and sub-regional initiatives, global responses and the need for more effective coordination10. Can supervision and enforcement networks make self-regulation work?; PART III Thematic networks; 11. The Lusaka Agreement Task Force as a mechanism for enforcement against wildlife crime; 12. Huntington geographic enforcement/compliance initiative: a case study in multi-organisation networking and collaboration; 13. The European Union Forum of Judges for the Environment

14. The Seaport Environmental Security Network: facilitating international enforcement collaboration to prevent illegal hazardous waste shipments through portsPART IV Horizontal networks; 15. North American working group on environmental enforcement and compliance cooperation: moving from capacity building to operational activities; 16. Informal environmental networking: the EPA Network example; 17. Developing and sustaining environmental compliance and enforcement networks: lessons learned from the International Network on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement

18. Environmental inspections and environmental compliance assurance networks in the context of European Union environment policy19. Success and failure factors in developing effective environmental enforcement networks: the case of the East African Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement; PART V Vertical networks; 20. Regional environmental enforcement networks in the United States; 21. Ghana's efforts at environmental enforcement networks: legal and institutional structures

22. Effective networking, formal versus substantial compliance, conflicting powers: strengths and weaknesses of environmental criminal provisions enforcement networks in Italy

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78347-740-7