Ecological Systems Integrity Governance, law and human rights

Environmental law and governanceare the cornerstonesof global efforts to conserve the environment, protect resources and ensure fair and equitable outcomes for all of the planet's inhabitants. This book presents a series of thought-provoking chapters which consider theplace of governance and law in the defence againstimminent and ongoing threats to ecological, social and cultural integrity. Written by an international team of both established and early-career scholars from various disciplines and backgrounds, the chapterscover the most pressing and contemporary issues in environmentallaw and governance. These include accessand benefit-sharing;theright to food and water; climate change coping and adaptation; human rights; the rights of indigenous communities; public and environmental health; and many more. The book has a general focus on environmental governance and law in the European Union and offers points of comparison with Canada andNorth and South America.

Part1:Biological Integrity, Ecology and the Law 1. Environmental and Ecological Concerns in Europe and North America Contrasted Laura Westra 2. Access to Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge and the Fair Sharing of Benefits: The Way Forward in the EU Sandra Jen 3.A Regional Alternative to the Ineffective Global Response to Biological Invasions: the Case of the European Union Donato Gualtieri 4. Redefining the Relationship between CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity) and the TRIPS Agreement: The First Step towards Confronting Biopiracy? Anastasia Fotinakopoulou 5. The Emerging Right to Landin new Soft Law Instruments Margherita Brunori Part 2: The Right to Water and to Food – Climate Change 6 Right to Water: Intersection between International and Constitutional Law Antonio D'Aloia 7. Law and the Provision of Water for Megacities Joseph W. Dellapenna 8. A Critique of Subsidies for Industrial Livestock Production in the EU and the US Constanz Frank Oster 9. Promoting the Ecological Sustainability of Climate Change Related Investments through the Holistic Impact Assessment (HIA) Massimiliano Montini Part3: Environmental Legal Issues in Europe and Beyond 10. Evaluation and Development of Small Island Communities with Special Reference to Uninhabited Insular Areas Grigoris Tsaltas, Alexopoulos Aristotelis, Gerasimos Rodotheatos and Tilemachos Bourtzis 11. Access to Justice in Environmental Matters in the EU Legal Order: Is there a Need for a More Coherent and Harmonized Approach? Vasiliki (Vicky) Karageorgou 12. Unconventional Gas Mining: what a Fracking Story! Policy, Regulation and Law Janice Gray 13. Hidden and Indirect Effects of War and Political Violence Yuliya Lyamzina 14. Commonly Unrecognized Benefits of a Human Rights Approach to Climate Change Benjamin A. Brown and Donald A. Brown 15. Reconciliation and the Indian Residential School Settlement: Canada’s Coming of Age? Kathleen Mahoney Part4: Democracy, Ecological Concerns and the Perils of Environmental Defence 16. Public Health and Environmental Health Risk Assessment: Which Paradigm and in Whose Best Interests? Colin L. Soskolne 17. Radical Changes in Canadian Democracyfor Ecology and the "Public Good" Peter Venton 18. Corporate Media, Ecological Challenges and Social Upheaval Rose A. Dyson 19. A Complex Adaptive Legal System for the Challenges of the Anthropocene Geoffrey Garver 20. Seeking Justice in a Land without Justice: The Application of Anti-Corruption Principles to Environmental Law Kathryn Gwiazdon 21. Environmental Defenders: The Green Peaceful Resistance Susana Borràs and Antoni Pigrau 22. Mind the Gap: State Governance and Ecological Integrity Klaus Bosselmann

Laura Westra is professor emerita (philosophy), University of Windsor, Canada, a sessional instructor at the Faculty of Law, University of Milano (Bicocca), Italy, and visiting professor at the University of Trento, Italy. Janice Grayis senior lecturerat UNSW Law, University of New South Wales,Australia. Vasiliki (Vicky) Karageorgou is assistant professor in European Administrative and Environmental Law at the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences in Athens, Greece.