Ed Couzens

Whales and Elephants in International Conservation Law and Politics

A Comparative Study

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Produktbeschreibung

The treatment of both whales and elephants will be politically and legally contentious for years to come, and is of great significance to conservation in general. This book examines the current state of international environmental law and wildlife conservation through a comparative analysis of the treatment of whales and elephants.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 552g
• ISBN-13: 9780415659055
• ISBN-10: 0415659051
• Artikelnr.: 41361875

Autorenporträt

Ed Couzens holds the degrees of BA Hons LLB (Wits), LLM Environmental Law (Natal and Nottingham) and PhD (KZN). He is an Attorney of the High Court, South Africa; and, at time of writing, an Associate Professor in the School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. He is rated as an 'established researcher' by the National Research Foundation of South Africa for the years 2013-2018; has been an Assistant Editor on the South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy since 2001; and has been a co-editor of the University of Eastern Finland/United Nations Environment Programme International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review since 2006. He is also a qualified field guide in South Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Multilateral Environmental Treaties 3. The First Old
Watchdog: the ICRW 4. The Second Old Watchdog: CITES 5. CITES and Elephants
6. The IWC, CITES and Whaling 7. Conservation of Elephants and Whales 8.
Sovereignty and Environmental Damage 9. Different Palates: Oriental and
Occidental 10. Biodiversity 11. ICRW/IWC Membership 12. Special Animals and
Links between Species 13. Toward a Conclusion 14. In Black and White and
Shades of Grey: Recommendations