Biodiversity and Human Rights: The International Rules for the Protection of Biodiversity [Paperback]

Elli Louka (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2002

It is a common belief that species are becoming extinct due to forest destruction and other threats to the biosphere. Because of this belief, policies and regulations have been enacted to protect and preserve biodiversity. Unfortunately these policies are frequently flawed due to their notion that biodiversity is a static condition. They conflict with the livelihood of indigenous peoples and promote nationalistic control over biodiversity resources. The author of this study proposes a fundamental review of biodiversity protection policies. Instead of conservation/preservation, a shift to attention to ecosystem management with human rights and human dignity at the centre is recommended. This study prescribes a comprehensive system for the protection of biodiversity. Human rights standards, free trade in wildlife and regulated free access to plant genetic resources are proposed as the elements of this system. Practitioners and scholars concerned with environmental issues, human rights, and sustainable development problems will find this work of great interest.

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Dr. Elli Louka

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Transnational Pub (May 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571052267
• ISBN-13: 978-1571052261
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,647,542 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Elli Louka is the founder of Alphabetics (www.alphabetics.info), a consulting company based in Princeton, New Jersey and has worked with countries and companies on international law issues. Louka has been a Marie Curie Fellow, a Ford Foundation Fellow and Senior Fellow at Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School. Louka is the author of many publications on international law and policy including "Nuclear Weapons, Justice and the Law" (forthcoming, 2011) "Water Law and Policy: Governance without Frontiers" (Oxford University Press, 2008), "International Environmental Law: Fairness, Effectiveness and World Order" (Cambridge University Press, 2006).