IUCN Academy of Environmental Law - "Biodiversity, Law and Livelihoods: Bridging the North-South Divide."

"Biodiversity, Law and Livelihoods: Bridging the North-South Divide."

27 July 2005 From 10 to 15 of July 2005, more than 120 environmental experts from 27 nations representing universities from each continent gathered to participate in the 3rd Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, hosted by Macquarie University (MU) in Sydney, Australia.
They considered issues related to "Biodiversity Conservation, Law and Livelihoods: Bridging the North - South Divide" and how environmental law can bring about the policy, institutional and behavioural changes needed to deal with the root causes of biodiversity loss. Dr. Françoise Burhenne-Guilmin, Senior Counsel at the IUCN Environmental Law Centre, delivered the colloquium's keynote speech. Another highlight of the gathering was the Academy Distinguished Lectures delivered by Joseph Sax, Professor Emeritus of the University of California (at Berkeley). The papers presented will be published in the "Annals of the Academy" in a few months' time.