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IUCN Academy e-Journal is now available

The first issue of the e-Journal is now available on the Academy's website. The issue includes two articles on bio-energy, nineteen country reports and three book reviews. The Editorial Committee would like to thank all contributors and hopes that you will find the content interesting and useful to your work.

You can access the e-Journal directly on this page or on the front page menu item "e-Journal"

Biofuels: Legal And Policy Dimensions

On June 17 and 18, 2010, the IUCN Academy hosted a workshop on Biofuels. The workshop is part of a larger project on Biofuels and Global Environmental Issues, supported by the  Law Foundation of Ontario. Presentations can be accessed below.

Workshop Agenda - June 17 and 18, 2010 -- Toronto, Canada

June 17, 2010

Session I

• The Regulatory Policy Regime for Biofuels in Ontario, Bill Greenizan, Senior Adviser, Oil - Ontario Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure and James Rehob, Counsel, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney-General
• Canadian Biofuels Industry: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities (part 1 and part 2), Ken Field, CEO, GreenField Ethanol Inc.

June 18, 2010

Session II

• Legal and Policy Directions for Biofuels, Helen Ryan, Executive Director of Oil, Gas & Alternative Energy Division, Energy & Transport Directorate, Environment Canada
• Regulatory Construct for the Biofuel Industry in Canada, John Willms, Senior Partner, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP

Session III

• Regulatory Regime for Biofuels in the USA, Professor Melissa Powers, Lewis & Clark University, USA
• Regulatory Regime for Biofuels in Brazil, Professor Alexandrina Sobreira de Moura, Federal University of Pernambucozil, Brazil
• Regulatory Regime for Biofuels in Australia, Professor Paul Martin, University of New England, Australia
• Regulatory Regime for Biofuels in the Southern African Development Community, Geoff Stiles, Advisor: Biofuels, Bioenergy and Carbon Finance, Southern African Development Community, Botswana
• Regulatory Regime for Biofuels in the EU, Rafal Lapkowski, Second Secretary, Delegation to Canada, European Union

Research Committee & Teaching and Capacity Building Committee

The IUCN Academy  of Environmental Law is pleased to announce that the following scholars have been selected for the Research Committee and the Teaching and Capacity Building Committee. We look forward to working with  these committees.

RESEARCH COMMITTEE

1. Willemien du Plessis  (Co-Chair; North-West University, South Africa)
2. Melissa Powers (Co-Chair; Lewis & Clark Law School, USA)
3. Carmen Gonzalez (Seattle University, USA)
4. Nathalie Hervé-Fournereau  (Université de Rennes, France)
5. Elizabeth Kirk (University of Dundee, UK)
6. Nilufer Oral (Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey)
7. Solange Teles da Silva  (State University of Amazonas, Brazil)

Ex officio representative of the Governing Board:

Gilberto Rincon (Center for Sustainable Studies, Colombia)

TEACHING AND CAPACITY BUILDING COMMITTEE

1. Karen Bubna-Litic (Co-Chair; University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
2. Carla Aceves (Co-Chair, University of Guadalajara, Mexico)
3. Antonio Herman Benjamin (Law for a Green Planet Institute, Brazil)
4. Milan Damohorsky (Charles University, Czech Republic)
5. Laode Syarif (Hasanuddin University, Indonesia)
6. Qin Tianbao (Wuhan University, China)
7. Maria Marques (Universitat Rovira i Virgili - CEDAT, Spain)

Ex officio representative of the Governing Board:

Ben Richardson (Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada)

 

Call for Papers - 2nd UNITAR-Yale Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy: Strengthening Institutions to Address Climate Change and Advance a Green Economy

Yale University and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) will host the 2nd UNITAR-Yale Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy: Strengthening Institutions to Address Climate Change and Advance a Green Economy, which will take place at Yale University, New Haven, USA from 17-19 September 2010. 

Click here for Call for Papers.

Transboundary Aquifers and International Law -- Seminar at University of Surrey

A seminar on Transboundary Aquifers and International Law: The Experience of the Guarani Aquifer System will be held 31 August 2010 at the University of Surrey, Guildford (UK).

The seminar is part of the Environmental Regulatory Group project on "The Environmental Protection of the Guarani Aquifer: A Legal Perspective" and it contributes to the UNESCO-IHP ISARM (Internationally Shared Aquifers Resource Management) Programme (http://www.isarm.net/). The seminar will constitute the official launch of the Surrey Centre on the Regulation of Transboundary Aquifers (SCERTA)

Please download the seminar's flyer and for further information, including the programme  http://www2.surrey.ac.uk/errg/events/transboundary_aquifers.htm

New Institutional Members

The Academy has the pleasure of announcing and welcoming the following new members:  The University of Hong Kong (SAR of China), School of Law, Columbia University (USA), American University Washington College of Law (USA), Bristol Law School, University of the West of England (UK), College of Law, University of Cebu (Philipppines), Catholic University of Santos - UNISANTOS (Brazil), China University of Political Science and Law (China).

You can find a list of all member institutions and details about each institution under "Our Members".