Title: Regional cooperation in Amazonia : a comparative environmental law analysis /
Authors: Tigre, Maria Antonia,
Year: 2017
Subjects: Organização do Tratado de Cooperação Amazônica.; Treaty for Amazonian Cooperation; Environmental law Amazon River Region.; Environmental policy Amazon River Region; Environmental impact analysis Law and legislation Amazon River Region.; Deforestation Control Amazon River Region.
Abstract: 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 toward a framework for sustainable development.00Based 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: 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.