The Future Of Cetaceans In A Changing World

Author : William C. G. Burns
Publisher : Brill Nijhoff
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Future of Cetaceans in a Changing World written by William C. G. Burns and published by Brill Nijhoff. This book was released on 2003 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume consists of fifteen chapters by prominent authorities in the fields of cetacean law, policy, and science. The overarching purpose of the book is to assess the challenges faced by cetacean species in the 21st century, and the role of legal, political, and scientific institutions to meet these challenges. The book also contains several chapters that address the abiding ethical questions dividing those who seek to continue to exploit cetaceans as resources and those who maintain that direct exploitation should be permanently banned on the grounds of sentience or intelligence. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

Author : Malgosia Fitzmaurice
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110702109X
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Whaling and International Law written by Malgosia Fitzmaurice and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-03 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth analysis of one of the most complex and intriguing legal and sociological phenomena of the contemporary period.

Author : Ed Couzens
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135119651
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Whales and Elephants in International Conservation Law and Politics written by Ed Couzens and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whales and elephants are iconic giants of the marine and terrestrial animal world. Both are conspicuous representatives of wildlife conservation. The issues of whaling and the ivory trade are closely linked, both legally and politically, in many ways; some obvious, and some surprising. 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. In particular, it describes the separate histories of international governance of both whales and elephants, presenting the various treaties through which conservation has been implemented. It is shown that international environmental law is influenced and shaped by important political actors – many with opposing views on how best conservation, and sustainable development, principles are to be implemented. Modern environmental treaties are changing as weaknesses and loopholes are exposed in older, and possibly outdated, treaties such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW). Such weaknesses can be seen in the efforts made by some states to circumvent or weaken CITES and the International Whaling Commission and to resume commercial whaling, and further in the efforts of countries to resume trade in ivory. The argument is made that the Convention on Biological Diversity could be used to begin reconciling opposed views and to focus conservation efforts. The argument is made that effective conservation of species cannot be achieved through individual treaties, but only through a synergistic approach involving multilateral environmental agreements – 'ecosystems of legal instruments'.

Author : Howard Schiffman
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 904742395X
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Marine Conservation Agreements written by Howard Schiffman and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-03-31 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reservations and veto mechanisms found in marine conservation agreements have contributed to the decline of living ocean resources. This book chronicles their use in the history of key marine conservation and management regimes and examines the evolving legal framework that informs, and potentially limits, their use.

Author : Erich Hoyt
Publisher : Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books
ISBN 13 : 9781552976005
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Whale Rescue written by Erich Hoyt and published by Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides details and facts about whales, and explains the strategies conservationists are using to prevent them from becoming extinct.

Author : United Nations Environment Programme
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN 13 : 9783937429083
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Migratory Species and Climate Change written by United Nations Environment Programme and published by UNEP/Earthprint. This book was released on 2006 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is substantial evidence that wildlife is being affected by climate change. As a group migratory wildlife appears to be particularly vulnerable because of the use of multiple habitats. The UNEP Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) is the only global agreement dealing with this problem. This publication, containing contributions from experts around the world, explores the current state of knowledge and what can be done in mitigation. It also has a case study on marine turtles, which are already showing an increased rate of tumours, caused by warmer waters.

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004499628
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The State of Nature: Histories of an Idea written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-12-13 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining intellectual history with current concerns, this volume brings together fourteen essays on the past, present and possible future applications of the legal fiction known as the state of nature.

Author : Arne Kalland
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 9781845455811
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unveiling the Whale written by Arne Kalland and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whaling has become one of the most controversial environmental issues. It is not that all whale species are at the brink of extinction, but that whales have become important symbols to both pro- and anti-whaling factions and can easily be appropriated as the common heritage of humankind. This book, the first of its kind, is therefore not about whales and whaling per se but about how people communicate about whales and whaling. It contributes to a better understanding and discussion of controversial environmental issues: Why and how are issues selected? How is knowledge on these issues produced and distributed by organizations and activists? And why do affluent countries like Japan and Norway still support whaling, which is of insignificant economic importance? Basing his analysis on fieldwork in Japan and Norway and at the International Whaling Commission, the author argues how an image of a "superwhale" has been constructed and how this image has replaced meat and oil as the important whale commodity. He concludes that the whaling issue provides an arena where NGOs and authorities on each side can unite, swapping political legitimacy and building personal relations that can be useful on issues where relations are less harmonious.

Author : Michael Bowman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139494953
Total Pages : 783 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lyster's International Wildlife Law written by Michael Bowman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-23 with total page 783 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of international wildlife law has been one of the most significant exercises in international law-making during the last fifty years. This second edition of Lyster's International Wildlife Law coincides with both the UN Year of Biological Diversity and the twenty-fifth anniversary of Simon Lyster's first edition. The risk of wildlife depletion and species extinction has become even greater since the 1980s. This new edition provides a clear and authoritative analysis of the key treaties which regulate the conservation of wildlife and habitat protection, and of the mechanisms available to make them work. The original text has also been significantly expanded to include analysis of the philosophical and welfare considerations underpinning wildlife protection, the cross-cutting themes of wildlife and trade, and the impact of climate change and other anthropogenic interferences with species and habitat. Lyster's International Wildlife Law is an indispensable reference work for scholars, practitioners and policy-makers alike.

Author : Peter Stoett
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487587910
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Ecopolitics written by Peter Stoett and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2019-04-08 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite sporadic news coverage of extreme weather events, high-level climate change diplomacy, special UN days of celebration, and popular media references to impending ecological collapse, most students are not exposed to the detailed presentation and analysis of the international relations and diplomacy of environmental policy-making. Comprehensive and accessibly written for first-year or second-year undergraduates, the second edition of Global Ecopolitics provides students with a panoramic view of the policymakers and the structuring bodies involved in the creation of environmental policies. Detailing a considerable amount of environmental activity since its initial 2012 publication, this up-to-date second edition uses an applicable framework of systemic analysis and important case studies that push students to form their own conclusions about past efforts, present needs, and future directions.