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The privatisation of biodiversity? ::new approaches to conservation law /
No full textIn the face of the failure of the traditional 'command and control' model of environmental regulation to curb the devastating losses of biodiversity around the world, policymakers are increasingly seeking new approaches to deal with this complex interdisciplinary issue. The Privatisation of Biodiversity? provides a timely contribution to this debate by exploring the legal aspects and the scope to strengthen conservation through these reforms. Colin Reid and Walters Nsoh draw on literature well beyond legal sources, particularly from ecology, environmental economics and philosophy to reach a number of pragmatic conclusions on the issues discussed. The new approaches explored include payment for ecosystem services, biodiversity offsetting and conservation covenants, as well as taxation and impact fees. Such mechanisms introduce elements of a market approach as well as private sector initiative and resources. This book considers both the practical and ethical aspects of the regulatory choices available to identify the potential and limitations of an increasingly market-based regime. Bringing clarity and coherence to a complex issue, this book will act as a useful tool for environmental and public law scholars as well as other academics in a range of fields interested in biodiversity conservation. It will also provide valuable insight for policymakers, legal practitioners involved in planning, environmental and agricultural matters, public bodies with responsibility for conservation, landowners, managers and developers, individuals and NGOs dedicated to biodiversity, and students of nature conservation interested in exploring new mechanisms for achieving their objectives
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The privatisation of biodiversity? ::new approaches to conservation law /
No full textIn the face of the failure of the traditional 'command and control' model of environmental regulation to curb the devastating losses of biodiversity around the world, policymakers are increasingly seeking new approaches to deal with this complex interdisciplinary issue. The Privatisation of Biodiversity? provides a timely contribution to this debate by exploring the legal aspects and the scope to strengthen conservation through these reforms. Colin Reid and Walters Nsoh draw on literature well beyond legal sources, particularly from ecology, environmental economics and philosophy to reach a number of pragmatic conclusions on the issues discussed. The new approaches explored include payment for ecosystem services, biodiversity offsetting and conservation covenants, as well as taxation and impact fees. Such mechanisms introduce elements of a market approach as well as private sector initiative and resources. This book considers both the practical and ethical aspects of the regulatory choices available to identify the potential and limitations of an increasingly market-based regime. Bringing clarity and coherence to a complex issue, this book will act as a useful tool for environmental and public law scholars as well as other academics in a range of fields interested in biodiversity conservation. It will also provide valuable insight for policymakers, legal practitioners involved in planning, environmental and agricultural matters, public bodies with responsibility for conservation, landowners, managers and developers, individuals and NGOs dedicated to biodiversity, and students of nature conservation interested in exploring new mechanisms for achieving their objectives
Women Leaders Affinity Group: Dr. Charlene Walters
No full textDate: March 25, 2021
Guest: Dr. Charlene Walters, entrepreneurship coach, business and branding mentor and author
The Women Leaders Affinity Group, hosted by Dr. Amanda Main and Dr. Ellen Ramsey from the College of Business and Management, presented a Zoom event with Dr. Charlene Walters, who spoke about the realities of being an entrepreneur and the keys to success. Walters is an entrepreneurship coach, business and branding mentor and author of Launch Your Inner Entrepreneur.https://spiral.lynn.edu/bus_women-leaders/1001/thumbnail.jp
Forest ownership, illegal logging and the Pygmies of South east Cameroon
No full textForest products (especially timber) are one of Cameroon's main foreign exchange earners, accounting for up to 25% of yearly export revenue. This natural resource, which constitutes more than 20 million hectares of tropical rainforest, is found mainly in the South East region of the country, inhabited by one of the two indigenous groups- the Pygmies. The control and exploitation of this timber especially at the industrial (concession) level is overwhelmingly undertaken by the Cameroonian State in collaboration with trans-national logging companies, both of which reap huge revenue and profits from the business. In the last few years, the Pygmies have been demanding for equitable access and control in logging operations. Simultaneously, there have been reported widespread illegal and unsustainable logging practices in the region with the corresponding adverse impacts on the people and environment. Although previous studies have examined this situation, there has been no systematic study of the equity issues of the logging operations, particularly from the perspective of the collective rights of the Pygmies under international law. This thesis therefore aims to assess whether changes need to be made to the legal regime governing forests in South East Cameroon in order to (a) promote the sustainable management of these forests (including but not limited to the elimination of illegal logging) and (b) ensure that in line with international law, their Pygmy inhabitants have a fairer level of participation in their management and control, adequate compensation for the damage and loss suffered as a result of logging operations and a fairer share of the profits they produce.EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo
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Crime is in the air - air pollution and regulation in the UK
No full textThis latest briefing by Professor Reece Walters in the What is crime? series, draws attention to an area of harm that is often absent from criminological debate. He highlights the human costs of air pollution and failed attempts to adequately regulate and control such harm. Arguing for a cross disciplinary ‘eco-crime’ narrative, the author calls for greater understanding of the far-reaching consequences of air pollution which could set in train changes which may lead to a ‘more robust and meaningful system of justice’. Describing current arrangements in place to control and regulate air pollution, Walters draws attention to the lack of neutrality in current arrangements and the bias ‘towards the economic imperatives of free trade over and above the centrality of environmental protection’. While attention is often given to direct and individualised instances of ‘crime’, the serious consequences of air pollution are frequently neglected. The negative effects of pollution on health and well-being are often borne by people already experiencing a range of other disadvantages. In a global and national context, it is often the poor who are affected most. Ultimately, political and economic imperatives have historically helped to shape legal and regulatory regimes. Whether this is an inherent flaw in current systems or something that can be overcome in favour of dealing with more wide-ranging harms is an area that requires further discussion and debate
The Legal Status of Customary Land Tenure Systems and the Protection of Communal Property in Cameroon
Get PDFThe ownership and utilisation of communal property are very much tied to the modern land tenure systems of most sub-Saharan African countries, which nevertheless still rely on the customary land tenure system to operate. But how exactly do the customary land tenure systems which remain operational in many parts of Africa fit into contemporary land ownership and use structures? Drawing on a broad interpretation of (African) customary land tenure and its elements, including its communal interest element, this chapter assesses the extent to which law and practice in Cameroon is developing and protecting communal property. Using developments in the protection of collective forest rights as an example, it demonstrates the continuous difficulty in reconciling western land law principles on the ownership and use of communal property with customary land tenure systems in post-colonial sub-Saharan African societies, and the implications this may have on the wider rule of law in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa
Book Review: Colin T Reid and Walters Nsoh, The Privatisation of Biodiversity? New Approaches to Conservation Law, New Horizons in Environmental and Energy Law
No full textThe Privatisation of Biodiversity? New Approaches to Conservation Law, written by Colin T Reid and Walters Nsoh, is a recently published addition to the Edward Elgar book series New Horizons in Environmental and Energy Law. The book explores how “private rights and market devices” may serve as an alternative to “direct ‘command and control’ regulation”, and so ensure that the use of natural resources remains within ecological limits, while preventing the loss of habitat, habitat degradation, and species extinctions. A diverse range of mechanisms are considered under the “privatisation” heading, with “an emphasis on private law frameworks” that enable private initiatives, choices, and funding, rather than viewing conservation as an enterprise predominantly “controlled and directed by public authorities”. The book consists of nine chapters. The Introduction defines key concepts such as biodiversity, ecosystem services, nature conservation law, market-based instruments, and commodification. Defining key concepts relating to the privatization of biodiversity is crucial for the readability of this book and its relevance to a wider audience. The legal tools covered in the latter chapters are very technical, but so are the non-legal concepts underpinning the legal structures. The authors are to be commended for clearly and painstakingly laying out foundational concepts. However, despite these efforts, it is surprising, at least to a Canadian reviewer, that almost no attention is given to how Indigenous perspectives might inform these foundational concepts. The challenges that might arise if the integration of Indigenous knowledge, laws, and institutions were taken seriously, as well as the importance of doing so, will be considered briefly towards the end of this review
Working 'in the opposite direction': Joseph Beuys in the field
No full textThis paper will argue that revisiting the ideas and practice of the twentieth-century German artist Joseph Beuys is germane to contemporary discussions of place and human ecology in anthropology. Through an exploration of work undertaken by the artist and a discussion of the influence of Goethe on his practice, it will explore the way in which Beuys' approach to art was informed by a set of methodologies which saw the inner life of the human being and the outer world with which she or he engages as profoundly linked in both physical and psychic terms. Beuys' work points, the author will suggest, to the potential for a myth of fieldwork and a communication of its results that places the anthropologist within a constantly changing world of matter that she or he shapes and transforms and is, in turn, transformed by
Your eyes see distant stories / lifting off its fragile walls. You wonder / at its faint revelations.
No full textSigned by the author / illustratorIt says that Jon von Zelowitz assisted Peter KochGoudy Thirt
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