Protecting forest and marine biodiversity : the role of law / edited by Ed Couzens [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Couzens, Ed, editor.

Series:

IUCN Academy of Environmental Law series.

IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forest biodiversity conservation--Law and legislation.

Forest biodiversity conservation.

Marine biodiversity conservation--Law and legislation.

Marine biodiversity conservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

This timely book contributes to discussions on the best legal practices to use to promote conservation, protection and sustainable use of biological diversity in forest and marine areas. The breadth of issues explored across these two themes is immense, and the book identifies both key differences, and striking commonalities between them.

Contents:

Legal aspects of the protection of forest and marine biodiversity : understanding the context / Ed Couzens, Alexander Paterson and Sophie Riley

Moral boundaries, anthropocentrism and biodiversity : possums in New Zealand as an example / Guy Morgan

For peat's sake : environmental law amidst the bogs / Nicholas A Robinson

Illegal trade in endangered forest and marine species - enhancing laws and enforcement : a Southeast Asian perspective / Lin Heng Lye and Sallie Chia-Wei Yang

Biodiversity and agriculture : friends or foes? The legal implementation of agroforestry practices in Brazil / Marcia Fajardo Cavalcanti de Albuquerque

Forest biodiversity conservation : strengthening the regulation and management of Chinese enterprises during foreign investment / Bingyu Liu

Addressing human and wildlife conflict in forest protected areas : a critical analysis of China's nature reserve management experience / Yilin Pei

Climate change and forest management in Nepal / Amber Prasad Pant

Governance of oil and gas exploration and exploitation at sea : towards coastal marine biodiversity preservation / Violeta S. Radovich

The valuable role that private environmental governance might play in managing global fisheries resources / Anastasia Telesetsky

Black coral forests and marine biodiversity in New Zealand / Trevor Daya-Winterbottom

The contribution that the concept of global public goods can make to the conservation of marine resources / Carina Costa de Oliveira and Sandrine Maljean-Dubois.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-78643-949-2

OCLC:

1013462553