Transboundary governance of biodiversity
By: edited by Louis J. Kotzé and Thilo Marauhn
Series: Legal aspects of sustainable development -- volume 19
Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Leiden, The Netherlands; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9789004273849; 9789004273894
Subjects: Biodiversity conservation; Law and legislation; Conservation of natural resources; Environmental law
Description: Transboundary Governance of Biodiversity compiles critical analysis of the regulatory frameworks applicable to the transboundary governance of biodiversity by specialists from Europe and Africa. Drawing on their vast experience as lawyers, political scientists and natural resource management experts, they provide a critique and contemporary perspectives on what has become one of the most challenging aspects of global environmental governance in the Anthropocene: effective biodiversity conservation in times of unprecedented environmetal crises. With a unique North-South focus and a legal focus infused by multi-disciplinary regulatory dimensions, this peer-reviewed publication offers a comprehensive analysis of international and regional environmental law frameworks applicable to the transboundary governance of biodiversity.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A New Paradigm for Biodiversity Governance in a Transnational World / Louis J. Kotze and Thilo Marauhn; title: Transboundary Environmental Governance of Biodiversity in the Anthropocene / Louis J. Kotze; title: The Concept of Public Trusteeship in the Transboundary Governance of Biodiversity / Peter H. Sand; title: Transfrontier Protection of the Natural Environment, Globalization and State Sovereignty / Francois Venter; title: An Ecosystem Approach to the Transboundary Protection of Biodiversity / Thilo Marauhn and Ayse-Martina Bohringer; title: Universal Transboundary Protection of Biodiversity and Its Impact on the Low-level Transboundary Protection of Wildlife / Ulrich Beyerlin; title: European Regional Approaches to the Transboundary Conservation of Biodiversity: The Bern Convention and the EU Birds and Habitats Directives / Floor Fleurke and Arie Trouwborst; title: Protected Areas Governance in a Southern African Transfrontier Context / Alexander Paterson.; title: A Legal Appraisal of the SADC Normative Framework Related to Biodiversity Conservation in Transfrontier Conservation Areas / W.D. Lubbe; title: From North to South: Legal Pathways to Stimulate Biodiversity Conservation in Developing Countries through Transboundary Trade in Biodiversity Resources / Jonathan Verschuuren; title: Southern African Perspectives on the Relationship between Transfrontier Conservation Areas and the Protection of Rights / Anel Du Plessis and Willemien Du Plessis; title: Rural People in Southern African Transfrontier Conservation Areas: A Question of Governance / Clara Bocchino; title: Access to Bio-energy vis-á-vis Biodiversity Conservation in SADC: Conflicting Objectives? / Michelle Barnard; title: Transboundary Protection of Biodiversity in the Context of Human and Environmental Security and Climate Change / Dewald van Niekerk and Leandri Hildebrandt.