Ecological Governance: Reappraising Law's Role in Protecting Ecosystem Functionality

by Woolley, Olivia

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Title Statements

Full title :Ecological Governance : Reappraising Law's Role in Protecting Ecosystem Functionality / Olivia Woolley.

Summary

"Ecological degradation has been an object of concern for the international community since the early 1970s, but legal approaches that have been employed to improve the protection of ecosystems have failed to halt this decline. Ecological Governance explores how the law should respond to this rapid global deterioration of ecosystems by examining the foundational scientific and ethical considerations for designing laws that are effective for ecological protection. Based on these analyses, it argues that developed states should prioritise the reduction of the ecological stresses for which they are responsible in decision-making on their future courses. The author also proposes structures for governance and associated legal frameworks that would enable the formulation and implementation of policies for ecological sustainability"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

Description:1 recurso en línea (274 páginas)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781107060456, 1107060451, 9781107447080, 1107447089, 9781316204276, 1316204278, 9781316207918, 1316207919
oclc:ocn964865517
Dewey Decimal:344.046

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Scientific and ethical foundations; 3. Ecologically-oriented policy-making; 4. Governing an ecological transition; 5. Ecological planning; 6. Public participation in ecological governance; 7. Informing ecological governance.