Global environmental institutions

Global environmental institutions

by DeSombre, Elizabeth R.

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"This volume provides an overview of the major global institutions attempting to protect the natural environment. It first considers the United Nations Environment Programme and the other entities within the United Nations that play important roles in global environmental governance. It then examines institutions clustered by issue area, introducing institutions that focus on protecting endangered species and biodiversity, those that govern the ocean environment, those focusing on the atmospher…

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  • Full title :Global environmental institutions / Elizabeth R. DeSombre.

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"This volume provides an overview of the major global institutions attempting to protect the natural environment. It first considers the United Nations Environment Programme and the other entities within the United Nations that play important roles in global environmental governance. It then examines institutions clustered by issue area, introducing institutions that focus on protecting endangered species and biodiversity, those that govern the ocean environment, those focusing on the atmosphere, and a recent set of institutions that regulate the transboundary movement of hazardous substances. It concludes with current debates on financing international environmental action, gaining widespread participation by states, and the question of whether the institutional structure of global environmental governance can, and should, by fundamentally reformed."--BOOK JACKET.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2006.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Routledge
  • Place of Publication:New York, NY
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2006.

The Physical Object

  • Description:pages cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0415358949, 9780415358941, 0415358957, 9780415358958
  • oclc:ocn156798559
  • LC Classification:GE170
  • Dewey Decimal:363.7/0526

Subjects

Environmental management -- Internation… Environmental policy -- International c… Environmental sciences -- Societies, etc Environnement -- Gestion

Writers

DeSombre, Elizabeth R.

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