Environmental Law and Governance in the Pacific: Climate Change, Biodiversity and Communities

ISBN-13: 9780367203245 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 304 str.

Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh; Evan Hamman

Opis

This volume examines environmental law and governance in the Pacific, focussing on the emerging challenges this region faces. Fourteen Pacific Island countries, and a broad range of themes, such as deep-sea mining, fisheries, protected areas, heritage, endangered species, human rights and access to justice, are addressed in the volume.

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Part 1 Overview and Context  1. Introduction  2. Environmental Law in the Context of Legal Pluralism  Part 2 Climate Change  3. Climate Change Law in the Pacific Islands  4. Traditional Customary Law Responding to Climate Change  5. Customary Land in Pacific Island Countries: Laws and Threats  Part 3 Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management  6. The International Institutional Framework for Seabird Conservation in the South Pacific  7. Endangered and Invasive Species: Pacific Island Legal Responses to Complex Environmental Challenges  8. Mining in the Pacific: Principles and Practices for Environmental Regulation  9. Wetlands of the Pacific: Towards Effective Law and Governance  Part 4 Communities  10. Heritage Law in Pacific Island States: the Legacies of Colonialism and the Elusive Possibilities of Cultural Emancipation  11. Human Rights and the Environment in Pacific Island States  12. Access to Environmental Justice for Pacific Islanders