Latest NewsJune 2009 Academy Events The European Position Towards Copenhagen: A Global Outlook
The Governing Board of the IUCN Academy held its Board meeting at Maastricht University on May 22-23, 2009. Just prior to that meeting, we convened an Environmental Law Expert Meeting - May 20, 2009. The theme of the meeting was "The European Position Towards Copenhagen: A Global Outlook" A world-wide team of environmental law professors provided perspectives from their regions on the current position of the EU towards strengthening international climate policy.
To access the presentations made at the Expert Meeting, please click here. Integration of Custom in the Drafting of Environmental Law
A symposium on the theme "Integration of Custom in the Drafting of Environmental Law" will be hosted by the University of New Caledonia in Noumea October 26-28, 2009. You can access the : Call for Papers - Integration of Custom in the Drafting of Environmental Law
New Members
The Academy has the pleasure of announcing and welcoming the following new members: Griffith Law School of Australia, Vermont Law School of USA, University of Botswana of Botswana and Universite Paul Cezanne Aix-Marseille III of France.
New Books
The Environmental Law Institute has just published a new volume entitled Agenda for a Sustainable America, a comprehensive assessment of U.S. progress toward sustainable development and a roadmap of necessary next steps toward achieving a sustainable America. The volume has been edited by John C. Dernbach, Distinguished Professor of Law at Widener University Law School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and a member of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law. A new volume, Mountain Resorts: Ecology and the Law has been published by Ashgate Publishing www.ashgate.com. The book uses case studies to analyze the extent to which US and Canadian laws can take an ecosystems perspective. The lead editor, Janet Milne, of Vermont Law School is a member of the IUCN Academy. 2009 Academy Colloquium at Wuhan University The 2009 IUCN Academy Planning Committee Please find attached the update “Second call for papers for Wuhan Colloquium” for the November 2009 event. Abstracts not exceeding 500 words may be submitted by e-mail to the Conference Organizers at
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. To coincide with the Colloquium in Wuhan, 2009, the Academy is hosting a one-day workshop on "Biofuels and Climate Change Law" on October 31, 2009. The main focus of the workshop will be the regulation of the biofuels industry, particularly in relation to climate change policy issues. The call for papers can be accessed here : New Book on the Development of Environmental Law In 2008, a new book "Weaving a Web of Environmental Law" was published. The book describes the development of environmental law, in particular, under the auspices of the Environmental Law Programme of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and within the network of the International Council of Environmental Law and all concerned national and international agencies and organizations.
The author, Barbara J. Lausche, shows how decision-makers were supported with information, legal analysis, advice, drafting of legal provisions, and capacity-building, leading to the maturation of environmental law and its interconnection with sustainable development. You can access the Table of Contents and Preface and Acknowledgements
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