Research handbook on biodiversity and law / edited by Michael Bowman, Peter Davies, Edward Goodwin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bowman, Michael, editor.

Davies, Peter G. G., editor.

Goodwin, Edward J., editor.

Series:

Research handbooks in environmental law.

Research Handbooks in Environmental Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biodiversity conservation--Law and legislation.

Biodiversity conservation.

Environmental law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (506 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

This wide-ranging Handbook presents a range of perspectives from leading international experts reflecting up-to-date research thinking on the subject of biodiversity law, the crucial importance of which to human welfare is only now being fully appreciated. Through a rigorous examination of the principles, procedures and practices that characterise this area of law, this timely volume effectively highlights its objectives, implementation, achievements, and prospects. Presenting thematic rather than regime-based coverage, the editors demonstrate the state-of-the-art of current research and ident

Contents:

Front Matter; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; PART I VISIONS, VALUES AND VOICES; 1. Law, legal scholarship and the conservation of biological diversity: 2020 vision and beyond; 2. In whose interest? Instrumental and intrinsic value in biodiversity law; 3. Participatory resource management: a Caribbean case study; 4. The role of non-state actors in treaty regimes for the protection of marine biodiversity; PART II SIGNIFICANT THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY; 5. Climate change, marine biodiversity and international law

6. Broad-spectrum efforts to enhance the conservation of vulnerable marine ecosystems7. Alien invasive species: is the EU's strategy fit for purpose?; 8. Countering fragmentation of habitats under international wildlife regimes; 9. Armed conflict and biodiversity; PART III GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW; 10. The Convention on Biological Diversity and the concept of sustainable development: the extent and manner of the Convention's application of components of the concept; 11. Whaling and inter- and intra-generational equity

12. Common concern, common heritage and other global(-ising) concepts: rhetorical devices, legal principles or a fundamental challenge?PART IV REGULATORY CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES; 13. Biodiversity, knowledge and the making of rights: reviewing the debates on bioprospecting and ownership; 14. Ecological restoration in international biodiversity law: a promising strategy to address our failure to prevent?; 15. Non-compliance procedures and the implementation of commitments under wildlife treaties; 16. 'Only connect'? Regime interaction and globa lbiodiversity conservation; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78100-479-X