A training manual which provides an overview of environmental law, examining international environmental conventions and environmental law at the national level. Specific areas covered include trade in endangered species, protection of the ozone layer and hazardous waste disposal.
A training manual which provides an overview of environmental law, examining international environmental conventions and environmental law at the national level. Specific areas covered include trade in endangered species, protection of the ozone layer and hazardous waste disposal.
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Hertfordshire
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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ISBN-13
978-92-807-1695-5 (9789280716955)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Part 1 Overview of environmental law: scope and history of environmental law; introduction to international law relating to the environment; emerging principles and concepts of international and national environmental law. Part 2 International environmental conventions and other mechanisms: conservation of biological diversity and its components; atmosphere protection; water protection; United Nations convention to combat desertification; Basel convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal; trade and environment; global environment facility. Part 3 National legal regimes: environmental law at the national level; elements of framework environmental legislation; environmental management of land and human settlements; environmental impact assessment; trade in hazardous chemicals; industrial compliance and enforcement.