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The Natural Resources Knowledge Network: Access to Research and Events

The Natural Resources Law and Governance Knowledge Network is managed by the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law. The Network provides a focal point for sharing resources and expertise on issues related to natural resources law and policy. 

This site provides access to resources and research from the Canadian-based institutions that are members of the Network. In addition to creating a repository of information, the Network is establishing linkages with networks and researchers operating in other parts of the world. Access to expertise in other regions of the world is key, as many of the issues related to natural resources law, policy and science are common across jurisdictions.

What is available?

You can access the resources in this repository and learn more about the research and events that are being conducted by these institutions. Each of the member institutions, listed below, have initiated and collaborated on a wide range of topics, related to natural resources. This site has been designed to give you access to key reports or papers in the area of natural resources law and policy.

We will be updating the list on a regular basis, as new research and events are announced by the members of the Network.

Participants in Canada

Natural Resources Canada has provided support to the creation of this Knowledge Network. Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)'s goal is to create a sustained resource advantage for Canadians by embracing the idea that economic competitiveness includes environmental leadership. In working collaboratively with other partners, the department's role is to help bring together the strengths of all of Canada's natural resource assets -- its endowment of energy, forests and minerals, people and ideas and systems -- to achieve three inter-related strategic outcomes for Canadians: enhancing the economic competitiveness and productivity of the natural resources sectors so that they continue to contribute to the prosperity and social well-being of Canadians, making Canada a world leader in terms of environmental responsibility in the development and use of natural resources, and providing for the safety and security of Canadians within a natural resource context, as well as for the stewardship of Canada's natural resources and lands. For further information, please see www.nrcan.gc.ca.

Areas of Expertise

The following websites provide access to the research and publications for each of the listed institutions.

Centre for Global Natural Resources and Environmental Law, Faculty of Law,  University of British Columbia

  • Centre for Global Natural Resources and Environmental Law

    • The Centre builds on the law school's strong track record in natural resources law, addressing environmental and natural resources issues in a global context. The law faculty at the University of British Columbia has created a Case Narrative Library. The Library features case studies that are based on real-life problems occurring in British Columbia and elsewhere in the world, and require students to draw upon and integrate information from a variety of sources, recognizing that, in many instances, problems are resolved  by considering legal, economic, social and political factors.


    Canadian Institute of Resources Law, University of Calgary

    Canadian Institute of Resources Law

    The Institute undertakes a wide range of research on resources law, realting to Canada's renewable and non-renewable natural resources, with many of these projects conducted through interdisciplinary teams. 
    Research is ongoing in the following areas: legal and policy issues in forestry, water resource management, petroleum sector, oil sands development issues, energy and utility regulation, international trade and mining.


    Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy

    Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy

    CIELAP informs legislative, policy and regulatory outcomes for sustainability at the national and provincial/territorial levels of government in Canada. Recent projects have included work on land use planning, water (including water protection and Great Lakes issues) mining, solid and hazardous waste management, sustainable development, and biotechnology & nanotechnology.


    Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

    Environmental Law Scholarship and Teaching at Osgoode Hall are notable for their breadth, interdisciplinarity and transnational outlook
    Osgoode Hall has pioneered significant research including on socially responsible investment, corporate environmental responsibility and environmental risk regulation. In recent years, advanced courses in Climate Change Law and Environmental Advocacy have been introduced.

    Faculty of Law/Environmental Law, University of Ottawa

    The Environmental Law Group comprises faculty members in Common Law and Droit civil sections undertaking research and teaching in a range of issues realted to natural resources law and policy. Areas of specialty include: water law, natural resources, biodiversity, economic instruments, aboriginal rights and conservation.


    Centre for International Sustainable Development Law

    Centre for International Sustainable Development Law

    Natural resources law is a core theme in international sustainable development law. At CISDL, natural resources law includes: energy production, water quality, biodiversity, forestry industry standards, agricultural methods, human and environmental health, Indigenous Peoples concerns. The Institute examines issues concerning energy use, production and distribution, international petroleum law, renewable energy initiatives around the world, biofuel development and national energy security policies.

    Marine and Environmental Law Institute, Dalhousie University

    Marine and Environmental Law Institute

    The Marine and Environmental Law Institute, housed in the law school, carries out research anc consultantcy services, to agencies of the United Nations and regional organizations as well as assisting government departments and NGOs in Canada and internationally. In addition to acting as the editorial office of the Ocean Yearbook, an international and interdiciplinary annual publication on ocean affairs, the Institute is continuing its work on marine and coastal issues, with recent research on transboundary fisheries, the Arctic, ballast water, ocean energy, marine species at risk, and environmental assessment.


    Natural Resources Institute

    Natural Resources Institute

    The NRI has gained a solid reputation for linking the environment, economy, and the social well-being of people since its inception in 1968. A holistic interdisciplinary approach to natural resource and environmental management is pursued in all NRI programming: teaching, research and outreach. Key areas of focus include natural resources policy, living resources, environmental and risk assessment, sustainable development, Northern resources and native peoples and resources planning.

    International Linkages

    The IUCN Academy of Environmental Law has established a Directory of Scholars (available here) which provides ready access to the knowledge and research highlights of more than 150 scholars worldwide. The Directory identifies primary and secodnary research areas, from a wide range of environmental law areas.

    In addition, The Aacdemy continues to build its "Environmental Law Library of the Earth " which provieds access to the leading journals, treaties and agreements and governmetn departments in countries around the world.

     

     

     

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