Kategoria BISAC: Law >> Environmental

In this volume, the first of two on the UNCC's work, the authors explain that the United Nations Security Council established the ad hoc compensation commission to address reparations as a component of the ceasefire following Iraq's 1990-91 invasion and...

A wetland center in London, parks in downtown San Francisco, a wildlife sanctuary in Arcata, and a wetlands park on the outskirts of Las Vegas-what do these urban and suburban locations have in common? They are leading examples of a new restoration design approach that is squarely placed at the interface of nature and culture. This multidisciplinary paradigm bridges the gap between an ecological approach preoccupied with returning damaged landscapes to an imagined original state and a landscape design approach concerned with creating a place for people to reinhabit.

What is a landowner s responsibility to habitat preservation? In the past, owning land meant arranging it for one s own use, but this in turn generally resulted in destroyed or degraded habitat. In today s world, loss of biodiversity has become a public concern. Does the landowner now have an obligation to manage his land differently? Can habitat protection be superimposed on a private landowner? Joseph Sax explores these questions in his lecture on the interconnections of ownership, property, and sustainability.This lecture was given on March 11, 2010, at the 15th annual symposium...

Die rechtliche Regulierung des Problems invasiver gebietsfremder Arten in Deutschland. Teil 1: begriffliche und rechtstatsachliche Grundlagen. Teil 2: Analyse und Bewertung der volker-, europa- und nationalen umweltrechtlichen Vorschriften. Hier stellt die Autorin erhebliche Defizite fest: mangelhafte Umsetzung und Koordination, fehlende Konkretisierung. Ein Handlungsbedarf, auf den die Autorin mit konkreten Regelungsvorschlagen reagiert.

This book addresses the problem of 'animal life' in terms that go beyond the usual extension of liberal rights to animals. The discourse of animal rights is one that increasingly occupies the political, ethical and intellectual terrain of modern society. But, although the question of the status of animals holds an important place within a range of civil, political and technological disciplines, the issue of rights in relation to animals usually rehearses the familiar perspectives of legal, moral and humanist philosophy. 'Animal law' is fast becoming a topic of significant contemporary...