From intellectual property rights and bio-prospecting to the conservation of biodiversity to transboundary pollution to the eco-labelling of food, the trade and the environment are inexorably linked. Increasingly, the jurisprudence of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and its successor the World Trade Organization (WTO) is exerting a powerful influence on both international and domestic environmental law and by extension the environment itself. This handbook, authored by five world leaders on international environmental and trade law at the Center for International...

From intellectual property rights and bio-prospecting to the conservation of biodiversity, trade and the environment are inextricably linked. This handbook is a compendium of environment and trade jurisprudence, providing an overview of the major themes relevant to the subject.