Regional cooperation in Amazonia : a comparative environmental law analysis / Maria Antonia Tigre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tigre, Maria Antonia, author.

Series:

International environmental law (Martinus Nijhoff) 13.

International Environmental Law, 1873-6599 ; Volume 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law--Amazon River Region.

Environmental law.

Environmental policy--Amazon River Region.

Environmental policy.

Environmental impact analysis--Law and legislation--Amazon River Region.

Environmental impact analysis.

Deforestation--Control--Amazon River Region.

Deforestation.

Treaty for Amazonian Cooperation (1978 July 3).

Treaty for Amazonian Cooperation.

Organização do Tratado de Cooperação Amazônica.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (580 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill Nijhoff, 2017.

Summary:

In Regional Cooperation in Amazonia: A Comparative Environmental Law Analysis , Maria Antonia Tigre provides a broad overview of the international, regional and national law applied to the Amazon rainforest and investigates efforts at regional cooperation for the protection of the Amazonian ecosystem. For the last four decades, cooperation among the eight countries in which the rainforest lies was primarily induced by the Amazon Cooperation Treaty (ACT). Originally adopted to ensure national sovereignty, the ACT gradually evolved towards a framework for sustainable development. Based on the challenges faced by the treaty and its subsequent instruments, Maria Antonia Tigre analyzes ways in which the ACT can be more effectively applied, leading to practical results that reduce deforestation. These specifically relate to the enforceability of the right to the environment, the implementation of protected areas, and the development of financial mechanisms to fund initiatives.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright Page

Dedication

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Illustrations

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Introduction

History of Amazonia and Amazonian Deforestation

Threats to the Amazon Rainforest: Deforestation and Climate Change

Early forms of Regional Cooperation: From Bilateral Agreements to Regional Integration

First Period of Cooperation within the act’s Framework (1978–1989): The Defensive-Protectionist Phase

Second Period of Cooperation within the Act’s Framework (1989–1994): Boost and Political Strengthening

Third Period of Cooperation within the Act’s Framework (1995–2002): Institutional Maturity

Fourth Period of Cooperation within the act’s Framework (2002–2009): Institutional Visibility

Fifth Period of Cooperation within the act’s Framework (2009–2017): Revitalizing the acto

Critical Analysis of the act/acto

Environmental Protection

Protected Areas

Financial Mechanisms

Stakeholders in Amazonia

Back Matter

Amazon Cooperation Treaty

Protocol of Amendment of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty

Declarations of Presidents of Amazon Countries

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-31350-8

OCLC:

988853708

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004313507 DOI