Ecological restoration law: concepts and case studies
by Akhtar-Khavari, Afshin Richardson, Benjamin J.
"Ecological restoration is as essential as sustainable development for the health of the biosphere. Restoration, however, has been a low priority of most countries' environmental laws, which tend to focus narrowly on rehabilitation of small, discrete sites rather than the more ambitious recovery of entire ecosystems and landscapes. Through critical theoretical perspectives and topical case studies, this book's diverse contributors explore a more ambitious agenda for ecological restoration law."…
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"Ecological restoration is as essential as sustainable development for the health of the biosphere. Restoration, however, has been a low priority of most countries' environmental laws, which tend to focus narrowly on rehabilitation of small, discrete sites rather than the more ambitious recovery of entire ecosystems and landscapes. Through critical theoretical perspectives and topical case studies, this book's diverse contributors explore a more ambitious agenda for ecological restoration law."--Preliminary page.
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- Publication Date:©2019
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- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2019
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"GlassHouse book"--Title.
The Physical Object
- Description:x, 294 pages : : map, table ; : 25 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781138605015, 1138605018
- oclc:on1057242469
- LC Classification:K3478
- Dewey Decimal:346.04/4
Table of Contents
Ecological restoration in the Anthropocene / Afshin Akhtar-Khavari and Benjamin J. Richardson -- The social life of plants and trees and the limits of environmental law's recovery imagination / Afshin Akhtar-Khavari -- Timescapes of ecological restoration / Benjamin J. Richardson -- The story of stewardship and ecological restoration / Emily Barritt -- Ecological reconciliation on private agricultural land: moving beyond the human-nature binary in property-environment contests / Robyn Bartel and Nicole Graham -- Linking restoration science and law / An Cliquet and Kris Decleer -- The green financing of ecosystem restoration / Froukje Maria Platjouw -- Legal considerations in Operationalizing eco-restoration in the European Union: a Sisyphean task or unlocking existing potential? / Hendrik Schoukens -- Public participation and socio-economic justice in eco-restoration law and governance: the UN Environment-Ogoniland case study / Uzuazo Etemire and Menes Abinami Muzan -- Motivating ecological restoration by private landowners through special purpose districts / Anastasia Telesetsky -- Reconstructing the environment: perception and changes in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin / Franci…
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