Human rights and the environment
Subtitle: conflicts and norms in a globalizing world
By: edited by Lyuba Zarsky
Contributors: Zarsky, Lyuba
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London; Sterling, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Case studies; Environmental responsibility -- Case studies; Human rights -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Other titles: Human rights & the environment
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction : conflicts, ethics and globalization / Lyuba Zarsky; title: The rights of indigenous peoples in international law / Fergus MacKay; title: Global reach : human rights and environment in the framework of corporate accountability / Lyuba Zarsky; title: Mining in Suriname : multinationals, the state and the Maroon Community of Nieuw Koffiekamp / Fergus MacKay; title: Environment, human rights and mining conflicts in Ghana / Douglas Korsah-Brown; title: Conflicts over transnational oil and gas development off Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East : a David and Goliath tale / Erika Rosenthal; title: Environmental and human rights impacts of trade liberalization : a case study in Batam Island, Indonesia / Agus P. Sari; title: Global norms, local compliance and the human rights-environment nexus : a case study of the Nam Theun II Dam in Laos / Philip Hirsch; title: The Darien Region between Colombia and Panama : gap or seal? / Pascal O. Girot; title: Environment, development and human rights in China : a case study of foreign waste dumping / Changhua Wu and Simon Wang; title: Environment and land in Bushbuckridge, South Africa / Robert Thornton; title: Ecological roots of conflicts in eastern and central Africa : towards a regional ombudsman / John Mugabe and Godber W. Tumushabe; title: Promoting environmental human rights through innovations in mediation / Naomi Roht-Arriaza