Conservation, biodiversity and international law
By: Alexander Gillespie
Series: New horizons in environmental and energy
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 600
ISBN-13: 9780857935151
Subjects: International Environmental law; Biodiversity; Law and legislation; Nature conservation
Description: This important and timely book provides a rigorous overview of the defining issues presently facing conservation at international level. The author provides detailed coverage of topics ranging from the classification of species right through to access and benefit sharing, drawing on his personal experience at intergovernmental level. Each question is examined through the prism of dozens of treaties and hundreds of decisions and resolutions of the key multilateral regimes, and the law in each area is supplemented by the necessary considerations of science, politics and philosophy--providing much-needed context for the reader.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Species and areas; title: Extinct and endangered; title: Classifications; title: Tangible benefits; title: Intangible considerations; title: Habitat; title: Trade; title: Exceptions for indigenous peoples, science and the military; title: Aliens, disease, pests and genetically modified species; title: Incidental capture; title: Development; title: Overlaps and gaps; title: Compliance; title: Compliance on the high seas; title: Management; title: Access and benefit sharing; title: Local peoples, education and finance; title: Conclusion.