Amazon From an International Law Perspective

This book examines whether international law has an impact on the protection of the Amazon.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. The characteristics of the Amazon; 3. The origins of regional cooperation in the Amazon; 4. The 1978 Amazon Cooperation Treaty; 5. Regional and subregional organizations; 6. Other legal instruments adopted by the Amazon states inter se; 7. Multilateral treaties and global actors in the Amazon; 8. Positive incentives for protecting the Amazon; 9. The legal status of the Amazon: implications for international cooperation; 10. General conclusions.

About the author

Beatriz Garcia is a research fellow at the Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law at Sydney Law School. She completed her master's degree and Ph.D. at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. She has worked on the Biodiversity and Climate Change Section of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, particularly on projects related to the Amazon region, and has also held positions at government agencies in Brazil and at the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization.

Summary

This book examines whether international law has an impact on the protection of the Amazon by inquiring into the forms of cooperation that exist among the Amazon countries, and between them and the international community, and to what extent international cooperation can help protect the Amazon.

Product details

• Authors: Beatriz Garcia, Garcia Beatriz
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.09.2013
• EAN: 9781107627758
• ISBN: 978-1-107-62775-8
• No. of pages: 404
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Environmental, Conservation of the environment, Social impact of environmental issues, Private or civil law: general, Environment law, International Environmental Law, Public international law: environment, Environmentalist, Conservationist & Green Organizations, Environmentalist, conservationist and Green organizations