Achieving Biodiversity Protection in Megadiverse Countries A Comparative Assessment of Australia and Brazil /
Achieving Biodiversity Protection in Megadiverse Countries A Comparative Assessment of Australia and Brazil / [electronic resource] :
edited by Paul Martin, Márcia Dieguez, Leuzinger, Solange Teles da Silva, and Gabriel Leuzinger Coutinho.
- Milton : Routledge, 2020.
- 1 online resource (311 pages).
- Routledge studies in biodiversity politics and management .
Description based upon print version of record.
This volume systematically analyses why legal doctrines for the protection of biodiversity are not sufficiently effective. It examples implementation in Australia and Brazil, two megadiverse countries with very differing legal and cultural traditions and natural environments. Substantial effort goes into the development and interpretation of legal doctrines for the protection of biodiversity in national and international law. Despite this, biodiversity continues in steep decline. Nowhere is this more evident than in megadiverse countries, such as Australia and Brazil, which possess the greatest number and diversity of animals and plants on Earth. The book covers a wide range of topics, including farming, mining, marine environments, indigenous interests and governance. Achieving Biodiversity Protectionin Megadiverse Countries highlights specific causes of underperformance in protecting diverse terrestrial and marine environments. It provides proposals for more effective implementation in these two jurisdictions, relevant to other megadiverse territories, and for biodiversity protection generally. Each chapter was written by teams of Australian and Brazilian authors, so that similar issues are considered across both jurisdictions, to provide both country-specific and generalisable insights. Achieving Biodiversity Protection in Megadiverse Countries will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental law and governance and biodiversity conservation, as well as policymakers, practitioners and NGOs working in these fields.
9781000052275 1000052273 9780429296239 0429296231 9781000052367 1000052362 9781000052459 1000052451
Biodiversity conservation--Law and legislation.
Environmental policy--International cooperation.
Biodiversity conservation--Australia.
Biodiversity conservation--Brazil.
LAW / Environmental
LAW / Natural Law
LAW / Natural Resources
K3488
346/.046
Description based upon print version of record.
This volume systematically analyses why legal doctrines for the protection of biodiversity are not sufficiently effective. It examples implementation in Australia and Brazil, two megadiverse countries with very differing legal and cultural traditions and natural environments. Substantial effort goes into the development and interpretation of legal doctrines for the protection of biodiversity in national and international law. Despite this, biodiversity continues in steep decline. Nowhere is this more evident than in megadiverse countries, such as Australia and Brazil, which possess the greatest number and diversity of animals and plants on Earth. The book covers a wide range of topics, including farming, mining, marine environments, indigenous interests and governance. Achieving Biodiversity Protectionin Megadiverse Countries highlights specific causes of underperformance in protecting diverse terrestrial and marine environments. It provides proposals for more effective implementation in these two jurisdictions, relevant to other megadiverse territories, and for biodiversity protection generally. Each chapter was written by teams of Australian and Brazilian authors, so that similar issues are considered across both jurisdictions, to provide both country-specific and generalisable insights. Achieving Biodiversity Protection in Megadiverse Countries will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental law and governance and biodiversity conservation, as well as policymakers, practitioners and NGOs working in these fields.
9781000052275 1000052273 9780429296239 0429296231 9781000052367 1000052362 9781000052459 1000052451
Biodiversity conservation--Law and legislation.
Environmental policy--International cooperation.
Biodiversity conservation--Australia.
Biodiversity conservation--Brazil.
LAW / Environmental
LAW / Natural Law
LAW / Natural Resources
K3488
346/.046