"Biodiversity and the Law" is a timely and provocative volume that combines historical perspective and cutting-edge legal analysis in an authoritative and broad discussion of biodiversity and the law. Leading legal and policy experts consider a variety of options for the worldwide protection of biodiversity and present a succinct but comprehensive overview of the legal mechanisms available. They examine how conservation advocates can better utilize existing law, and consider what new law is needed.Among the topics considered are: scientific and policy foundations of biodiveristy protection domestic efforts to establish an effective endangered species protection regime international biodiversity protection biodiversity as a genuinely public entity the future of biodiversity law Contributors include Mollie Beattie, Don Waller, Jason Patlis, Lindell Marsh, Todd Olson, Peter Jenkins, Suzanne Iudicello, John Pendergrass, Dinah Bear, Walter Kuhlmann, Rodger Schlickeisen, David Downes, and others.
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If protecting natural biodiversity is a genuine policy goal, both existing law and present interpretations of existing law are cleanly inadequate. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Endangered Species Act, Biodiversity Convention, New York, Forest Service, Island Press, International Protection, United Nations, World Bank, Clean Water Act, Defenders of Wildlife, Earth Summit, Office of Technology Assessment, San Francisco, Government Printing Office, Global Marine, European Union, Lacey Act, National Forest Management Act, Pelly Amendment, San Bruno Mountain, Biodiversity's Safety Net, General Assembly, Los Angeles, Montreal Protocol New!
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If protecting natural biodiversity is a genuine policy goal, both existing law and present interpretations of existing law are cleanly inadequate. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Endangered Species Act, Biodiversity Convention, New York, Forest Service, Island Press, International Protection, United Nations, World Bank, Clean Water Act, Defenders of Wildlife, Earth Summit, Office of Technology Assessment, San Francisco, Government Printing Office, Global Marine, European Union, Lacey Act, National Forest Management Act, Pelly Amendment, San Bruno Mountain, Biodiversity's Safety Net, General Assembly, Los Angeles, Montreal Protocol New!
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- Moral Animal by Robert Wright in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Should Trees Have Standing? And Other Essays on Law, Morals and the Environment by Christopher D. Stone in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Biophilia Hypothesis (A Shearwater Book) by Stephen R. Kellert in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The River of the Mother of God: and other Essays by Aldo Leopold by Aldo Leopold on page 11, and page 200
- The Theory of Island Biogeography (Princeton Landmarks in Biology) by Robert H. MacArthur on page 8, and page 32
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- The Western Range Revisited: Removing Livestock from Public Lands to Conserve Native Biodiversity (Legal History of North America) by Debra L. Donahue on 4 pages
- Biodiversity and Native America by Paul E. Minnis in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Global Commons: An Introduction by Susan J. Buck on page 41, and Back Matter
- Vanishing Borders: Protecting the Planet in the Age of Globalization by Hilary F. French in Back Matter
- Property Rights, Economics and the Environment by M.D. Kaplowitz on page 278
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