Publications

This page provides a listing of the IUCN Academy's published and forthcoming volumes. You can also access a list of new books on Environmental Law topics. This list is regularly updated by the IUCN Academy's Research Committee

IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Research Studies

The following books have been published by Cambridge University Press since 2004 in collaboration with the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law.

The Law of Energy for Sustainable Development
Edited by Adrian J. Bradbrook, Rosemary Lyster, Richard L. Ottinger and Wang Xi, May 2005

Compendium of Sustainable Energy Laws
Edited by Richard L. Ottinger, Nicholas Robinson, and Victor Tafur, May 2005

Land Use Law for Sustainable Development
Edited by Nathalie Chalifour, Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Lin Heng Lye and John Nolon, January 2006

Compendium of Land Use Laws
Edited by John Nolon, July 2006

Conservation, Law + Livelihoods: Bridging the North-South Divide
Edited by Michael Jeffrey, Karen Bubna-Litic and Jeremy Firestone, January 2008

The IUCN Academy is pleased to announce a new agreement with Edward Elgar Publishers.

In November 2009, the first volume in this new agreement was published:

Climate Law and Developing Countries: Legal and Policy Challenges for the World Economy Edited by Benjamin J. Richardson, Yves le Bouthillier, Heather McLeod-Kilmurray and Stepan Wood.

The following are forthcoming publications:

Compliance and Enforcement in Environmental Laws: Toward More Effective Implementation
Edited by Lee Paddock, Louis Kotze, David Markell, Ken Markowitz, Du Qun and Durwood Zaelke, to be published Spring 2010

A Legal Critique of Ecologically Sustainable Development
Edited by Jamie Benidickson, Antonio Herman Benjamin, Ben Boer and Karen Morrow, to be published mid 2010

Poverty Alleviation and Environmental Protection
Proceedings from the 2008 Mexico City Colloquium
Edited by Miriam Alfie Cohen, Jose Juan Gonzalez Marquez, Yves Le Bouthillier, Albert Mumma, and Susan Smith