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Contents Acknowledgments Message from Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations ¿Macquarie Statement¿ (adopted by consensus at 3rd IUCN Academy Colloquium) Introduction ¿ Michael I. Jeffery QC, Jeremy Firestone, Karen Bubna-Litic Part I. The context 1. Environmental Law Forty Years Later: Looking Back and Looking Ahead Joseph L. Sax, James H. House and Hiram H. Hurd (Professor). (USA) 2. Biodiversity and International Law: Historical Perspectives and Present Challenges ¿ where do we come from, where are we going? Dr. Françoise Burhenne-Guilmin, Senior Counsel, IUCN Environmental Law Centre (Germany) 3. Some Observations on the IUCN, the Earth Charter, and Global Governance Brendan Mackey (Australia) 4. The Changing Role of Law in the Pursuit of Sustainability Paul Martin, Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law, University of New England. Part II. Biodiversity: its conservation (A) Needs, Problems, Pre-Requisites 5 Biodiversity Conservation in the Context of Sustainable Human Development: A Call to Action. Professor Michael I. Jeffery, QC (Australia) 6. Legal and Paralegal Rules for Biodiversity Conservation: A Sequence of Conceptual, Linguistic and Legal Problems Professor Douglas Edgar Fisher (Australia) 7. Future Directions in Conservation of Biological Diversity: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Professor Abdul Haseeb Ansari (Malaysia) (B) Implementation of the CBD 8. Experience, Mistakes and Challenges: An Overview about the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Brazil. Professor Jose Rubens Morato-Leite, Ms Heline Sivini Ferreira & Mr Patryck de Araujo Ayala (Brazil) (C) National and Regional Legal And Institutional Tools And Regimes 9. EC Law and Biodiversity. Professor Nicholas de Sadeleer. (Norway) 10. Regionalising Community-Based Biodiversity Conservation: Institutional Antinomy in Pacific Island Environmental Governance? Justin Rose Part III. Conservation Measures (A) Area-Based 11. The Recent NSW Experience, from Regional Forest Agreements to Brigalow and the Introduction of the Community Conservation Area. The Hon. Robert Debus, MP (Australia) 12. Local People¿s Perceptions and Attitudes towards Nech-Sar National Park, Ethiopia. Mr Desalegn Wana (Ethiopia) 13. Japanese MPA¿s at a Turning Point: Nomination of Shiretoko for World Heritage Status. Mr Yasuhiko Kagami (Japan) (B) Species-Based 14. 10 years of Threatened Species Legislation in NSW- What are the Lessons? Ms Karen Bubna-Litic (Australia) 15. Sanctuaries, Protected Species and Politics: How Effective is Australia at Protecting its Marine Biodiversity under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999? Ilona Miller & Jessica Simpson (Australia) 16. Legal Stewardship of Mountain Regions: The Emerging Eco-Regime. Professor Nicholas A. Robinson (USA) Part IV. Uses of components of biodiversity 17. Legal Framework for the Ecological and Biodiversity Needs of Soil: Progress towards an International Instrument for the Sustainable Use of Soil. Ian Hannam (Australia) 18 The Ghanaian Forestry Regime: Bridging the Gap Between the North and South. Mr G.A Sarpong (Ghana) 19. Bridging the Dominant-Indigenous Peoples Cultural Divide: Reflections on Makah Whaling. Professor Jeremy Firestone & Mr. Jonathan Lilley (USA) Part V. Processes affecting biodiversity (A) Global Warming 20. Do Biodiversity and Climate Change Laws Mix? Professor David R. Hodas. (USA) 21. Emissions Trading: A Fantasy for China to Combat Global Warming?----From a Political Standpoint. Mr Bo (Kevin) Miao (PRC) (B) Land Management 22. A Brief Historical Comparison of the Public Land Disposal Policies in Brazil and in the United States. Mr. Arlindo Daibert (Brazil) 23. Protecting Ecological Functions-Ecological Function Zoning and its Conservation Zones in the PRC. Professor Du Qun (PRC) 24. The Successful Eco-Grass Project and the policy and Legal Issues Met and Solved. Professor Na Li, Mr Liu Yanchum & Mr. Zhang Hui. (PRC) Part VI. Biosecurity Issues (A) Invasive Alien Species 25. Prevention and Control of Alien Invasive Species: China¿s Implementation of CBD. Assistant Professor Yuhong Zhao (PRC) (B) GMOs 26. Who is to Blame? Liability and Redress Schemes Related to GMOs. Professor Loretta Feris (South Africa) 27 The Reality and Effect of ¿Advance Informed Agreement¿ Under the Cartagena Protocol. Ms Rosemary Lyster (Australia) Part VII. Access and benefit sharing (A) The Situation in Antarctica 28 Access, Obligations and Benefits: Regulating Bioprospecting in the Antarctic. Dr Alan D. Hemmings & Dr Michelle Rogan-Finnemore (NZ) (B) Indigenous Intellectual and Cultural Property Rights 29 Biotechnological Innovations, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge: Current Developments at the World Intellectual Property Organisation. Assistant Professor Burton Ong (Singapore) 30. Sharing all the Benefit: The Challenge of Legal Recognition of Indigenous Intellectual and Cultural Property Rights in the Fiji Islands Mr. Pio E Manoa & Isoa Korovulavula (Fiji)
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Biodiversity conservation -- Law and legislation.
North and south.