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List of contents
Contents: Preface, Oscar Arias. Introduction: Introduction, Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger and Maria Leichner Reynal; A hemispheric trade and sustainability agenda?, Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger. Intersecting Policy Priorities for Trade, Environment and Social Law in the Americas: Trade, Standards and Biosafety: The biosafety protocol: an opportunity for Americas collaboration, Rodrigo Artunduaga Salas; Biosafety, consumer protection and International trade, Roxana Salazar and Kristin Dawkins. Intellectual Property Rights and Biodiversity: Biodiversity, indigenous knowledge and intellectual property rights, Mindahi Bastida Muñoz and Alvaro Soto Holguin; Bioprospecting partnership in practice, Jorge Cabrer. Access to Drinking Water and Sanitation Services: Drinking water and sanitation in Latin America and the Caribbean: a general assessment, Malcolm Mercer and Karel Mayrand; Sustainable water management in Colombia, Guillermo A. Constain and Adam Rankin; Making water supply available to the excluded, Lester H. Forde. Mining and Stakeholder Participation: Mining and stakeholders involvement: addressing social sustainability challenges, Cristina Echevarria, Daniel Brooks, and Gordon Peeling; Mining and stakeholder involvement: rhetoric or reality?, Hernán Blanco and Nicola Borregaard. Climate Change Policy in the Americas: Global climate change and the Caribbean, Lionel Hurst; Implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, Patrick Patelin. Sustainable Investment Policy in the Americas: Investment cooperation in the mercosur: towards a regional model, Maria Leichner Reynal; The FTAA in the graveyard of economic negotiations, Konrad von Moltke; From protest to proposal: options for an Americas investment regime?, Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger. Implementing Procedural Priorities for an Integrated Sustainable Development Agenda in the Americas: Strengthening and Linking Institutions: Strengthening capacity to link environment and health in the context of the FTAA, Soledad Salvad
Summary
This book brings together a diversity of perspectives on environment and development issues from governments, society and businesses in the Western Hemisphere; reviews specific areas where trade, environment and social policies intersect in the Americas, proposing that more integrated laws could strengthen progress toward sustainable development.
