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Environmental Governance of the Great Seas – Law and Effect

Edited by Joseph F.C. DiMento and Alexis Jaclyn Hickman — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Authors
Joseph F.C. DiMento and Alexis Jaclyn Hickman (editors)

NEW HORIZONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY LAW SERIES

Publication Year
2012

Source
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
xviii+220 pages

The great seas contain immense resources and provide invaluable services to humankind, yet their environmental conditions are threatened worldwide. The authors of this comprehensive and interdisciplinary study provide a rich assessment of the seas and the efficacy of the international environmental regimes governing them, as well as suggestions for improving governance and protection.

The authors adopting a comprehensive and contextual approach to the environmental governance of the great seas provides an insightful analysis of six regional seas (The Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, the East Asian Seas, the Mediterranean Sea, the West and Central African Seas, and the Wider Caribbean Region) selecting them on certain criteria: accessibility of relevant literature on conditions of the sea; the nature and extent of threats; the nature and extent of threats; variety in the sources and causes of those conditions, and variety of governance schemes; geographical diversity; proposed solutions, seeking to identify particularly effective examples; and strategic importance.

The authors address the specific roles of the Law of the Sea and the United Nations Regional Seas Programme and discuss the importance of better information exchange between scientists and policymakers, increased funding, greater participation, and new and more effective laws. National, regional and international initiatives are conceptualized as clusters, and their success evaluated using three indicators of effectiveness: effectiveness indicated by physical parameters; effectiveness indicated by contributions of and to international environmental law; and effectiveness indicated by improved relations among states and peoples. Perhaps, the most pragmatic theoretical lesson to be drawn is embedded in their “word on causation”: “Our conclusions about activity in a cluster and outcomes are qualitative and general. It is not possible in the complex environments we are analyzing to describe convincing causal links between individual law and policy initiatives and actual outcomes (whether they be cooperation or improvement of the physical condition of the seas). Many other forces are at work in response of both physical and social systems. And even if elaborate modeling could describe pathways in a convincing manner, data challenges would be enormous, if not overwhelming”

The book will be of great interest to policymakers, students and scholars in the fields of law and policy as well as marine and environmental sciences.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Acronyms

1. Introduction
The Great Seas in Context
Conditions
Challenges
Governance
Cluster constituents
The United Nations Law of the Sea
Regional Initiatives and the Regional Aspect of a General
Obligation
The United Nations Regional Seas Programme
Regional Seas Law
Role of UNEP
Assessment
Effectiveness Criteria Introduced
A Word on Causation
Choosing the Case Studies
Methodology

2. The Baltic Sea
Hermanni Backer with Joseph F.C. DiMento and Alexis Jaclyn Hickman
Physical Characteristics
Conditions of the Sea
The Cluster
Assessment
Conclusion

3. The Black Sea
Physical Characteristics
Conditions of the Sea
Regime Characteristics
The Cluster
Assessment
Conclusion

4. The East Asian Seas
Physical Characteristics
Conditions of the Seas
Regime Characteristics
The Cluster
Assessment
Conclusion

5. The Mediterranean Sea
Tullio Scovazzi with Joseph F.C. DiMento and Alexis Jaclyn Hickman
5A DiMento and Hickman
Introduction
Conditions and Sources
5B Scovazzi
The Governance of the Mediterranean Sea
Legal Complexities
The Regional Legal Instruments
The Barcelona System
Towards Governance of the Mediterranean
5C DiMento and Hickman
Assessment
Conclusion

6. The West and Central African Seas
Physical Characteristics
Conditions of the Seas
Regime Characteristics
The Cluster
Assessment
Conclusion

7. The Wider Caribbean Region
Physical Characteristics
Conditions of the Sea and Region
Regime Characteristics
The Cluster
Assessment
Conclusion

8. An Accounting
Assessment – Effectiveness Indicated by Physical Parameters
Assessment – Effectiveness Indicated by the Development
and Implementation of Environmental Law and Policy
Assessment – Effectiveness Indicated by Improved
Relations among States and Peoples
Governance – More Law?
Overall Effectiveness
Improved Governance
Specific Recommendations
General Recommendations

Appendix 1 List of Respondents
Appendix 2 Composite Regional Seas Study Survey Guide
References
Index

Joseph F. C. DiMento, JD, PhD, is professor of law and planning at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and Director of UC Irvine's Newkirk Center for Science and Society. He has written numerous books and articles on domestic and international environmental law including, The Global Environment and International Law (University of Texas Press] and with Pamela Doughman (eds.) Climate Change: What It Means for Us, Our Children and Our Grandchildren (MIT Press).

Alexis Jaclyn Hickman received a Ph.D. in Planning, Policy and Design and Masters in Urban Planning at the University of California, Irvine. She also served as a researcher for the Environment Institute as a part of an interdisciplinary research group, the Sustainability Science Team. She is now a Postdoctoral Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Center for Transportation and Logistics.

Global Environmental Governance Reconsidered

Frank Biermann and Philipp Pattberg (editors) — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Author
Frank Biermann and Philipp Pattberg (editors)

Publication Year
2012

Source
The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
xvi+301 pages

The notion of global governance is widely studied in academia and increasingly relevant to politics and policy making. Yet many of its fundamental elements remain unclear in both theory and practice. This book offers a fresh perspective by analyzing global governance in terms of three major trends, as exemplified by developments in global sustainability governance: the emergence of non-state actors; new mechanisms of transnational cooperation; and increasingly segmented and overlapping layers of authority.

The book, which is the synthesis of a ten-year “Global Governance Project” (2001-2011) directed by Frank Biermann and carried out by thirteen leading European research institutions, first examines new nonstate actors, focusing on international bureaucracies, global corporations, and transnational networks of scientists; then investigates novel mechanisms of global governance, particularly transnational environmental regimes, public-private partnerships, and market-based arrangements; and, finally, looks at fragmentation of authority, both vertically among supranational, international, national, and subnational layers, and horizontally among different parallel rule-making systems.

The implications, potential, and realities of global environmental governance are defining questions for our generation. This book distills key insights from the past and outlines the most important research challenges for the future. As is noted in the Preface “Although the Global Governance Project, in its current form, is coming to an end with this book, its research agenda focusing on new actors in global environmental governance, the relevance of private and public-private mechanisms, and the causes and consequences of horizontal and vertical fragmentation remains important”.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Series Foreword
Preface
List of Acronyms

1. Global Environmental Governance Revisited, Frank Biermann and Philipp Pattberg

Part I: THE NEW ACTORS

2. International Bureaucracies, Stffen Bauer, Steinar Andresen, and Frank Biermann
3. Global Corporations, Kyla Tienhaara, Amandine Orsini, and Robert Falkner
4. Science Network, Aarti Gupta, Steinar Andresen, Bernd Siebenhüner, and Frank Biermann

Part II: THE NEW MECHANISMS

5. Transnational Environmental Regimes, Philipp Pattberg
6. Transnational Public-Private Partnerships, Karin Bäckstrand, Sabine Campe, Sander Chan, Ayşem Mert, and Marco Schäferhoff
7. Transnational Governance Experiments, Harriet Bulkeley, Matthew J. Hoffmann, Stacy D. VanDeveer, and Victoria Milledge

Part III: THE NEW INTERLINKAGES AND FRAGMENTATIONS

8. Horizontal Institutional Interlinkages, Fariborz Zelli, Aarti Gupta, and Harro van Asselt
9. International-Domestic Linkages and Policy Convergence, Per-Olof Busch, Aarti Gupta, and Robert Falkner
10. Regional Governance Arrangements, Tatiana Kluvánková and Veronika Chobotová
11. The Changing Role of the State, Daniel Compagnon, Sander Chan, and Ayşem Mert
12 Conclusions

Glossary
Contributors

Index

Frank Biermann is Professor of Political Science and of En¬vironmental Policy at VU University Amsterdam and Visiting Professor of Earth System Governance at Lund University, Sweden. He is the founder and director of the Global Governance Project. He holds a number of research management positions, including head of the Department of Environmental Policy Analysis at the VU University Amsterdam and director-general of the Netherlands Research School for Socioeconomic and Natural Sciences of the Environment (SENSE).

Philipp Pattberg is Associate Professor of Transnational Gov¬ernance in the Department of Environmental Policy Analysis, Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University. He serves as the deputy director of the Global Governance Project. He is the chair of the management committee of the European COST Action “The Transformation of Global Environmental Governance: Risks and Opportunities”.

Nuclear Weapons, Justice and Law

by Elli Louka — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Author
Elli Louka

Publication Year
2011

Source
Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK – Northampton, MA, USA
viii+440 pages

Elli Louka, in this timely written important book, skillfully presents, in a “realistic” language, a thorough and insightful examination of the nuclear non-proliferation order and the particularities of its governance in its various contexts. It is often argued that the nuclear non-proliferation order divides the world into nuclear-weapon-haves and have-nots creating a nuclear apartheid. Employing a careful and nuanced discussion of this claim, Elli Louka examines the complex, multi-level architecture of the nuclear non-proliferation order, the fairness and effectiveness of international and regional institutions and scenarios for the future of nuclear weapons, while throwing light on the connection between nuclear weapons and nuclear energy. thus offering a comprehensive and analysis of the dynamically evolving nuclear non-proliferation order interrelationship between. A sophisticated, theoretically-informed study of a complex issue, this book is a must-read for policymakers, researchers and those who wish to understand the intricacies and challenges of developing institutions to address the nuclear weapons threat.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword W. Michael Reisman

List of Abbreviations

Chapter I. State of War

1. Conventional War
2. Unconventional War
3. Mass Destruction War I
4. Mass Destruction War II
5. Use of Space
6. Persistent Conflict

Chapter II. Risk Management in National Security Strategies

1. Strategies for Risk Management
2. Security Strategies of Nuclear Weapon States
3. Security Strategies of Threshold Nuclear Weapon States
4. View from the Outside
5. National Security Strategies and Global Transparency

Chapter III. Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Energy: The Connection

1. From Chernobyl to Nuclear Renaissance
2. Using the Nuclear Fuel Cycle to Make Nuclear Weapons

Chapter IV. The Architecture of the Non-Proliferation Order

1. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
2. The Safeguards System
3. Export Controls
4. Unleashing the Might of the Security Council
5. Making Exceptions: The Case of India
6. Outlawing Nuclear Testing
7. Zones and Areas Free of Nuclear Weapons

Chapter V. The Fairness and Effectiveness of the Non-Proliferation Order

1. Preemption and Precaution in the UN System and State Practice
2. Global Order
3. Global Justice and Nuclear Weapons
4. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Order
5. Effectiveness of Non-Proliferation
6. Enforcement
7. The Future of Nuclear Weapons

Chapter VI. The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism: How to Make the World Proliferation Resistant

1. Loose Nukes and Illicit Networks
2. International Anti-Terrorism Legislation
3. Anti-Terrorism Initiatives
4. Nuclear Terrorism: The Unmet Challenge

Chapter VII. Just and Effective International Institutions

1. The Role of the International Atomic Energy Agency
2. The Structure of the International Atomic Energy Agency
3. Standards for Safety and Security
4. Who Controls the Fuel Cycle: Fairness of Cartels and Fuel Banks
5. An Effective International Atomic Energy Agency
6. Looking Back and Looking Ahead: The 2010 Review of Non-Proliferation

Chapter VIII. Just and Effective Regional Institutions

1. European Union Case Study: Euratom
2. Brazil-Argentina Case Study

Chapter IX. Can a Nuclear War be a Just War?

1. Nuclear Weapons and the Survival of States: The Opinion of the International Court of Justice
2. The Use of Nuclear Weapons in War: Principles of Humanitarian Law

Chapter X. Controlling Nuclear Weapons

1. The Military-Industrial Complex
2. Arms Control Instruments
3. Strategies for Nuclear Disarmament and Arms Control
4. Instruments of Nuclear Arms Control
5. The Open Skies Treaty
6. Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and Missile Defense
7. Verification of Disarmament
8. Prospects of a Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty

Chapter XI. Enforcement, Preemption and Precautionary Self-Defense

1. Attacking Nuclear Reactors
2. Anticipatory Self-Defense and Preemption
3. The Role of Covert Operations
4. Enforcement and the Fairness and Effectiveness of Non-Proliferation
5. Precautionary Self-Defense and the World Order

Index

Dr. Elli Louka is the founder of Alphabetics, USA, and has worked with countries and companies on international law issues. She has been a Marie Curie Fellow, a Ford Foundation Fellow and Senior Fellow at Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School. She is the author of many publications on international law and policy including "Water Law and Policy: Governance without Frontiers", "International Environmental Law: Fairness, Effectiveness and World Order".

The World Ocean in Globalisation

Edited by Davor Vidas and Peter Johan Schei — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Author
Davor Vidas and Peter Johan Schei (editors)

Publication Year
2011

Source
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers /Brill Academic Publishers
xxx+550 pages

In this major book, edited by Davor Vidas and Peter Johan Schei, thirty-three experts on marine affairs and the law of the sea examine the emerging challenges for the World Ocean, inquiring into developments prompted by globalisation in central issue-areas of the law of the sea. These are explored systematically in sections on the key challenges and developments in the interface of science, economic uses and law (Part I); climate change and the oceans (Part II); sustainability of fisheries (Part III); challenges and responses related to global maritime transport (Part IV); and the regulatory responses to global challenges in seas surrounding Europe (Part V). The questions raised in this book follow from an overall concern increasingly voiced by scientists in recent years: Have we already entered a new epoch – the Anthropocene, dominated by the impact of human activities? What, in that context, are the effects of increasing globalisation on the seas and oceans?

This is the second of the two volumes resulted from an international conference ‘The World Ocean in Globalization: Challenges for Marine Regions”, hosted by the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) on 21-23 August 2008. The first volume was issued by the same publisher, Martinus Nijhoff/Brill, in the spring of 2010: Law, Technology and Science for Oceans in Globalization (Davor Vidas, ed.) and was presented in the previous edition of this Bulletin. Many of the chapters of the second volume are updated and refined versions of papers delivered at that conference, supplemented by chapters on additional key topics. As is stressed in the Preface of this volume by the Editors “Our objective goes beyond merely preparing a set of conference proceedings. The aim has been to produce two related, highly integrated volumes that present a state-of-the-art report on many legal and policy issues for seas and oceans that are emerging in the wake of increasing globalisation. The two volumes provide a broad overview of the overall theme of the oceans globalization, dealing with numerous specific issue-areas”.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Preface The Editors; Acknowledgements

Introduction
1 The World Ocean in Globalisation: Challenges and Responses for the Anthropocene Epoch, Davor Vidas and Peter Johan Schei

Part I: KEY CHALLENGES AND DEVELOPMENTS: SCIENCE, ECONOMIC USES AND LAW
2 The Anthropocene Ocean in Its Deep Time Context, Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams
3 Marine Science in the Past 25 Years: Main Findings and Trends, John Montgomery and Lionel Carter
4 The Sea, Science and the Human Dimension, Marie Jacobsson
5 Economic Uses of the Oceans and the Impacts on Marine Environments: Past Trends and Challenges Ahead, Harry N. Scheiber
6 Problems of High Seas Governance, David Freestone

Part II: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE OCEANS
7 Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Ecosystems, Yvon Le Maho and Joel Durant
8 The Polar Oceans and Climate Change, Olav Orheim
9 Climate Change and Arctic Governance: Three Images of a Changing Arctic, David D. Caron
10 The Climate Regime: Achievements and Challenges, Steinar Andresen and Tora Skodvin
11 Sea-Level Rise and the Law of the Sea: Future Options, Moritaka Hayashi

Part III: SUSTAINABILITY OF FISHERIES
12 High Seas Fisheries Today: Challenges and Remedies Under the Global Economy, Nobuyuki Yagi
13 High Seas Fisheries Governance: Prospects and Challenges in the 21st Century, Kristina M. Gjerde
14 High Seas Fisheries Management: Reflections on Experience with Regional Fisheries Management Organisations in the South Pacific, Gerard van Bohemen
15 Reducing Seabird Bycatch: From Identifying Problems to Implementing Policy, Euan Dunn

Part IV: GLOBAL MARITIME TRANSPORT: CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES
16 Mare Liberum or Mare Restrictum? Challenges for the Maritime Industry, Eelco Leemans and Thomas Rammelt
17 Global Shipping and the Introduction of Alien Invasive Species, Stephan Gollasch
18 Globalisation and Challenges for the Maritime Arctic, Lawson W. Brigham
19 The International Maritime Organization and the Protection of the Marine Environment, Jean Claude Sainlos
20 Regulatory Layers in Shipping, Henrik Ringbom
21 Ballast Water and Alien Species: Regulating Global Transfers and Regional Consequences, Davor Vidas and Maja Markovcic Kostelac

Part V: SEAS SURROUNDING EUROPE: REGULATORY RESPONSES TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES
22 The European Union and the Challenges of Marine Governance: From Sectoral Response to Integrated Policy? Robin Churchill
23 Towards Further Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy, David J. Agnew
24 The European Union and the Regulation of Underwater Noise Pollution, Irini Papanicolopulu
25 The Black Sea: Moving Forward, Nilufer Oral
26 Baltic Sea Gas Pipeline: International Law for Geostrategic Issues, Hans Corell
27 The Mediterranean Response to Global Challenges: Environmental Governance and the Barcelona Convention System, Evangelos Raftopoulos

Index of Treaties and Other International Instruments; Subject Index

Dr. Davor Vidas is Research Professor and Director of the Law of the Sea Programme at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway. He has led many international research projects and has published extensively on various issues of international law. He is currently a member of the Anthropocene Working Group of the International Commission on Stratigraphy.

Peter Johan Schei is Director of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway. He was International Negotiation Director of the Norwegian Ministry of Environment (1995-2004). He has held a number of international appointments, especially related to CBD, and was responsible for biodiversity at the 2002 Johannesburg Summit. He is Chairman of the Birdlife International.

Law, Technology and Science for Oceans in Globalisation

Edited by Davor Vidas — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Author
Davor Vidas (editor)

Publication Year
2010

Source
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers /Brill Academic Publishers
xxxiv+608 pages

In this major book, edited by Davor Vidas, thirty-four experts on marine affairs and the law of the sea, from six continents, examine the emerging challenges for our World Ocean. The accumulating consequences of human activities on the seas indicate that the Earth may already have entered a new epoch, the Anthropocene, dominated by the human impact. This volume analyses developments in the interface of law, technology and science in some central law-of-the-sea issue areas. These are explored systematically in sections on the World Ocean in the Anthropocene epoch (Part I); combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (Part II); combating illegal oil spills from ships (Part III); marine genetic resources and bio-prospecting (Part IV); and the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines (Part V).

This is the first of the two books resulted from an international conference ‘The World Ocean in Globalization: Challenges for Marine Regions”, hosted by the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) on 21-23 August 2008. Many of the chapters are updated and refined versions of papers delivered at that conference, supplemented by chapters on additional key topics. As is stressed in the Preface by Davor Vidas “Our objective has gone beyond merely preparing a set of conference proceedings. We have aimed to produce two related, highly integrated volumes that present a state-of-the-art report on many legal and policy issues for seas and oceans that have been emerging in the wake of increasing globalisation”.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Preface Davor Vidas; Acknowledgements.

Part I: THE WORLD OCEAN IN THE ANTHROPOCENE EPOCH
1 Responsibility for the Seas Davor Vidas; 2 The Development of the Law of the Sea since the Adoption of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea: Achievements and Challenges for the Future Tullio Treves; 3 Major Challenges of Globalisation for Seas and Oceans: Legal Aspects Vladimir Golitsyn.

Part II COMBATING IUU FISHING: REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AND USE OF TECHNOLOGY
4 Occupying the High Ground: Technology and the War on IUU Fishing Denzil G.M. Miller; 5 Monitoring, Control and Surveillance Tools to Detect IUU Fishing and Related Activities Michele Kuruc; 6 Combating IUU Fishing: Interaction of Global and Regional Initiatives Terje Lobach; 7 FAO Action to Combat IUU Fishing: Scope of Initiatives and Constraints on Implementation David J. Doulman; 8 Developing a Model for Improved Governance by Regional Fisheries Management Organisations Michael W. Lodge; 9 IUU Fishing in Antarctic Waters: CCAMLR Actions and Regulations Denzil G.M. Miller, Natasha Slicer and Eugene N. Sabourenkov; 10 Using Technology in Combating IUU Fishing: The Potential of Satellite Remote Sensing Neil Ansell, David Ardill and Harm Greidanus.

Part III ILLEGAL OIL SPILLS FROM SHIPS: INTERACTION OF TECHNOLOGY AND LAW
11 Illegal Oil Spills from Ships: Monitoring by Remote Sensing Olaf Trieschmann; 12 Monitoring Oil Pollution from Ships: Experiences from the Northern Baltic Practice Kati Tahvonen; 13 Illegal Oil Discharges from Ships and Implementation Failures in the International Convention System Z. Oya Özçayir; 14 United States Criminal Enforcement of Deliberate Vessel Pollution: A Document-Based Approach to MARPOL Richard A. Udell; 15 The EU Ship-Source Pollution Directive and Recent Expansions of Coastal State Jurisdiction Alan Khee-Jin Tan.

Part IV MARINE GENETIC RESOURCES AND BIOPROSPECTING
16 Is the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea the Legal Framework for All Activities in the Sea? The Case of Bioprospecting Tullio Scovazzi; 17 Regulating Uses of Marine Biodiversity on the Outer Continental Shelf Joanna Mossop; 18 Some Reflections on Bioprospecting in the Polar Regions Harlan Cohen; 19 International Law and the Genetic Resources of the Deep Sea David Leary; 20 Exploiting Marine Genetic Resources beyond National Jurisdiction and the International Protection of Intellectual Property Rights: Can They Coexist? Richard J. McLaughlin; 21 Marine Genetic Resources in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction and Intellectual Property Rights Salvatore Arico; 22 Evolving Perspectives on the International Seabed Area’s Genetic Resources: Fifteen Years after the ‘Deepest of Ironies’ Lyle Glowka.

Part V CONTINENTAL SHELF BEYOND 200 NAUTICAL MILES
23 A Note on Submissions and Preliminary Information on the Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles Davor Vidas; 24 The Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles – a Crucial Element in the ‘Package Deal’: Historic Background and Implications for Today Carl August Fleischer; 25 The Work of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf Vladimir Jares; 26 Submissions on the Outer Limit of the Continental Shelf: Practice to Date and Some Issues of Debate Frida M. Armas-Pfirter; 27 The Outer Continental Shelf in the Arctic Ocean: Legal Framework and Recent Developments Ted L. McDorman; 28 Towards Setting the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf in the Arctic: On the Norwegian Submission and Recommendations of the Commission Øystein Jensen; 29 The Outer Continental Shelf in the Asia-Pacific Region: Progress and Prospects Clive Schofield, Andi Arsana and Robert van de Poll; 30 The Outer Continental Shelf and South American Coastal States Maria Teresa Infante.

Index of Treaties and Other International Instruments; Subject Index.

From Government to Governance? New Governance for Water and Biodiversity in Enlarged EU.

Edited by Tatiana Kluvánková-Oravská — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Author
Tatiana Kluvánková-Oravská (editor)

Publication year
2010

Source
Prague: Alfa Nakladatelství

The book is a result of interdisciplinary research conducted under GoverNat Project (Multi-level Governance of Natural Resources: Tools and Processes for Water and Biodiversity Governance in Europe), a Marie Curie Research Training Network in the 6th Framework Program of the European Commission focusing on research and training in all aspects of multi-level environmental governance.

It explores evolution of environmental governance in the region of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), in particular: How the recombination of institutions "with the ruins of communism" affects the restructuring of command-and-control systems in the post-socialist countries of CEE and how it affects the EU environmental governance.

The book collects 5 chapters presenting conceptual contribution to the evolution of environmental governance in the enlarged EU and 8 case studies on the tools and processes for new governance of water and biodiversity in Europe. It aspires to provoke academic and policy debate on the evolution of environmental governance in the region of Central and Eastern Europe The book will be of interests to interdisciplinary researchers, policy makers and students.

It is written by a team of 17 authors from 10 European countries: Dr. Tatiana Kluvánková-Oravská, Professor Andy Gouldson, Professor Jouni Paavola, Professor Jiřina Jílková, Dr. Lenka Slavíková, Dr. Veronika Chobotová, Dr. Felix Rauschmayer, Dr. Dimitrios Zikos, Dr. Maria Falaleeva, Ms. Minna Santaoja, Dr. Norbert Kohlheb, Dr Bálint Balázs, Dr. Peter Wirth, Dr. Gérard Hutter, Dr. Jochen Schanze, Dr. Ilona Banaszak, Ms. Sonja Trifunovová.

Dr. Tatiana Kluvánková-Oravská is founder and director of the Centre for Transdisciplinary Study of Institutions, Evolutions and Policies (CETIP) at the Institute of Forecasting at the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava. She is a member of the Management Committee of the COST Action IS0802 “Transformation of Global Environmental Governance: Risks and Opportunities (TGEG)".