Conserving Europe's Wildlife: Law and Policy of the Natura 2000 Network of Protected Areas

ISBN-13: 9780367508548 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 312 str.

Andrew L. R. Jackson

Opis

This book critically assesses the origins and implementation of the EU’s Natura 2000 network of protected areas, established under the Birds Directive of 1979 and the Habitats Directive of 1992.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Why history matters  3. Towards an EU Birds Directive  4. Negotiation of the Birds Directive (1976-1979) and its early implementation : habitat protection in the Birds Directive 5. Towards an EU Habitats Directive  6. The Habitats Directive proposal  7. Negotiating the Habitats Directive I: the Greek and Spanish presidencies (July 1988 to June 1989)  8. Negotiating the Habitats Directive II: the French, Irish and Italian presidencies (July 1989 to December 1990)  9. Negotiating the Habitats Directive III: the Luxembourg and Dutch presidencies (January 1991 to December 1991) and adoption of the directive in May 1992  10. Implementation and the law of Natura 2000 11. Discussion and conclusions

O autorze

Andrew L. R. Jackson is an Assistant Professor in environmental and planning law, UCD Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin, Ireland. He is a graduate of Oxford University (BA, Law) and of Cambridge University (LLM). He also holds an MSc in Biodiversity and Conservation from Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and a PhD from TCD on EU environmental policy and law. He previously worked for the international law firm Slaughter and May in London and Paris; for the UK government's legal service, in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra); and with NGOs Friends of the Irish Environment and An Taisce, the National Trust for Ireland, where he was Natural Environment Officer and in-house Solicitor. Dr Jackson has been involved in public interest environmental and planning cases for many years, including before the Irish, English and EU courts.