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KAI KOKKO
Lawyer, docent (LL.D., LL.Lic., LL.M.)
Professor of environmental law
Primary Research Interests
- Biodiversity law
- Climate change law
- Constitutional law and the environment
- Corporate environmental responsibility
- Environmental impact assessment
- Natural resources management (forestry, mining, etc)
- Regional environmental law (eg European Union)
Secondary Research Interests
- Alternative regulatory tools (eg voluntary codes and self-regulation)
- Economic instruments & the environment (taxes, emission trading, etc)
- Enforcement & compliance issues
- Environmental ethics & justice
- Environmental politics
- Indigenous peoples & the environment
- Municipal & land use planning
Selected Publications
- Kokko, Kai: Weighing environmental information and its sources in legal decision making. Miljörättsliga perspektiv och tankevändor. Vänbok till Jan Darpö & Gabriel Michanek. Iustus Förlag, p. 285-317, 2013.
- Kokko, Kai: Luonnonvarojen hallinta sopimuksin (Management of natural resources by contract, summary in English), Lakimies 7-8, p. 1124–1148, 2012.
- Koivurova, Timo – Kokko, Kai – Duyck, Sebastien – Sellheim, Nikolas – Stepien, Adam: The present and future competence of the European Union in the Arctic, Polar Record, p. 1-11, 2011.
- Kokko, Kai (ed.): Kysymyksiä saamelaisten oikeusasemasta (Questions about the Legal Status of Sami People, summary in English). University of Lapland, pages 273, 2010.
- Kokko, Kai: A Legal Method and Tools for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Regulation: Safeguarding Forest Biodiversity in Finland, Nordisk Miljörättslig Tidskrift, p. 57-78, 2009.
- Kokko, Kai: Ympäristöarviointi – SOVA oikeudellisesta näkökulmasta (Environmental Assessment - SEA from Legal Perspective), Editan Edilex Libri, pages 188, 2007
- Kokko, Kai: Biodiversiteettiä turvaavat oikeudelliset periaatteet ja mekanismit (Legal Principles and Mechanisms for Safeguarding Biodiversity, summary in English) Suomalaisen Lakimiesyhdistyksen sarja A n:o 243, pages 306, 2003.