Directory of Scholars
CHARLES ODIDI OKIDI
B.A., MA. , PH.D.
PROFESSOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Primary Research Interests
- International environmental law
- Marine & fisheries law
- Natural resources management (forestry, mining, etc)
- Regional environmental law (eg European Union)
- Water law
Secondary Research Interests
- Climate change law
- Constitutional law and the environment
- Environmental impact assessment
Selected Publications
- Regional Control of Ocean Pollution: Legal and Institutional Problems and Prospects (Sijthoff and Noordholf 1978) ISBN 90 286 03670
- Environmental Governance in Kenya: Implementing the Framework Law. Coedited C.O. Okidi, Patricia Kameri-Mbote and Migai Akech. East African Educational Publishers. Nairobi 2008. ISBN:978-9966-25-582-2 554 pages.
- Legal Aspects of Management of Coastal and Marine Environment in Kenya in Environmental Governance in Kenya supra pp. 440-484.
- "History of the Nile and Lake Basins Through Treaties" in Howell, P.P. and J.A. Allan (Eds) The Nile : Sharing a Scarce Resource (Cambridge University Press 1994) ISBN 0521 450403 pp. 321-350.
- "Application of Environmental Law Paradigm to Tame Conflict and Poverty in Natural Resource - Rich African Countries" in Daibert, Arlindo (ed) Direito Ambiental Comparado (Rio de Janeiro : Belo Horizonte Editora Forum 2008) ISBN 978-85-7700-136-1. pp. 367-412.
- "How Constitutional Entrenchment Could Mitigate Conflict and Poverty in Resource - Rich African Counties" in Environmental Policy and Law. Vol 37 Nos 2-3 (2007) pp. 158-169.
- Reflections on Management of Drainage Basins in Africa. Edited Proceedings of a Workshop on Development and Environment in Management of International Drainage Basins in Africa (C.O. Okidi - Ed. 14 papers) Univeristy of Nairobi, Institute for Development Studies. 1988.