Research Handbook on Biodiversity and Law 

 - UK  Edward Elgar  2016 
 - xv, 490p. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-1-78100-478-4 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>PART I VISIONS, VALUES AND VOICES<br/>1. Law, legal scholarship and the conservation of biological diversity: 2020 vision and beyond<br/>2. In whose interest? Instrumental and intrinsic value in biodiversity law<br/>3. Participatory resource management: a Caribbean case study <br/>4. The role of non-state actors in treaty regimes for the protection of marine biodiversity<br/>PART II. SIGNIFICANT THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY<br/>5. Climate change, marine biodiversity and international law<br/>6. Broad-spectrum efforts to enhance the conservation of vulnerable marine ecosystems<br/>7. Alien invasive species: is the EU's strategy fit for purpose?<br/>8. Countering fragmentation of habitats under international wildlife regimes <br/>9. Armed conflict and biodiversity<br/>PART III GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW<br/>10. The Convention on Biological Diversity and the concept of sustainable development: the extent and manner of the Convention's application of components of the concept<br/>11. Whaling and inter-and intra-generational equity<br/>12. Common concern, common heritage and other global(-ising) concepts: rhetorical devices, legal principles or a fundamental challenge?<br/>PART IV REGULATORY CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES<br/>13. Biodiversity, knowledge and the making of rights: reviewing the debates on bioprospectiing and ownership<br/>14. Ecological restoration in international biodiversity law: a promising strategy to address our failure to prevent?<br/>15. Non-compliance procedures and the implementation of commitments under wildlife treaties
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>608.5  / BOW