Legal Planet
MARCH 2, 2022
In his new role as Project Director of the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force , Jason will help direct a major sub-national coalition focused on reducing tropical deforestation and advancing inclusive, equitable, low-emissions development at jurisdiction scale. The Emmett Institute is co-sponsoring the meeting. Jason received his J.D.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 10, 2022
People are surely not better off after a natural disaster, even though the rebuilding efforts will result in a rise of GDP. In an influential study in 1989, Robert Repetto and co-authors demonstrated that Indonesia’s GDP was 3% lower than reported because of deforestation and natural resource extraction.
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Legal Planet
MAY 1, 2024
It comes at a time when our global society is increasingly recognizing the imperative nature of utilizing all tools at our disposal to address climate change. International criminal law can also hold individuals, including government officials, accountable for actions that result in significant environmental harm.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 6, 2023
In a world where urbanization, forestry, agriculture, fisheries, transportation, water and energy infrastructure, and other human impacts have degraded and continue to alter natural ecosystems, climate change is causing rapid and often hard to predict impacts on species dynamics and distribution. Photo: T.R. Photo: National Park Service.
Environment, Law, and History
MARCH 25, 2021
The abstract: This article examines the sylvan political ecology of late colonial New Spain and the colonial government's attempt to address deforestation through the Council on Forests, the first body in the kingdom's history dedicated to the conservation of natural resources.
Law Columbia
APRIL 22, 2021
The “Rights of Nature” movement is fundamentally rethinking humanity’s relationship with nature, and it is gaining momentum. These nature rights are very often associated with human rights, especially the right to a clean and healthy environment. What countries have declared rights of nature?
Environmental Science
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).
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