Poverty alleviation and environmental law
By: edited by Yves Le Bouthillier, Professor of Law, University of Ottawa, Canada [and four others]
Contributors: IUCN Academy of Environmental Law
Series: The  IUCN Academy of Environmental Law series
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9781781003282
Subjects: Environmental law; Congresses; Law and economic development; Economic development
Notes: "This volume is the result of a conference organized in Mexico by the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law on the theme of Poverty and the Environment" -- P. 1.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part I. Linkages between human rights, the environment and poverty; title: Using law and equity for the poor and the environment / Dinah Shelton; title: The right of access to water in South Africa / Michael Kidd; title: Part II. Environmental degradation and poverty : what is at stake for aboriginal peoples?; title: Climate change impacts on the poor  :  a case-study of Australia's indigenous population and the impact of Australia's response on this population / Karen Bubna-Litic; title: The quest for environmental justice on a Canadian aboriginal reserve / Sidra Sabzwari and Dayna Nadine Scott; title: Whaling and dealing: aboriginal subsistence whaling, politics and poverty / Ed Couzens; title: Part III. The need for public participation in environmental issues to combat poverty; title: The role of public engagement in achieving environmental justice / LeRoy C. (Lee) Paddock; title: The right of access to information as a tool for environmental protection and poverty eradication in Mexico / Carla D. Aceves-Avila.; title: Part IV. States' approaches to address environmental degradation and poverty; title: Embedding social justice in the design of environmental regulation / Paul Martin; title: Planning and environment in Mexico City's metropolitan zone : trying to defeat poverty / Miriam Alfie Cohen and Oscar Flores Jauregui; title: Part V. The role of environmental courts in the fight against poverty ad environmental degradation; title: The 'greening' of justice : will it help the poor? / George W.(Rock) Pring and Catherine (Kitty) Pring; title: The resolution of urban housing development disputes as a mechanism for poverty alleviation : a case study of Kenya's National Environment Tribunal / Albert Mumma; title: Part VI. Global challenges : international mechanisms to addresss poverty and environmental degradation; title: Linking climate change mitigation and poverty reduction : continued reform of the clean development mechanism in the post-Kyoto era to promote sustainable energy development on the African Continent / Daniel Behn; title: Poverty and the loss of cultural heritage sites / Stefan Gruber; title: Chartering sustainable transnational corporations / Susan Lea Smith.