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JONA RAZZAQUE

LLM, PhD, Barrister at Law
Reader in Law

email Jona.Razzaque@uwe.ac.uk

Primary Research Interests

  • Environmental dispute resolution (litigation, mediation, etc)
  • Human rights & the environment
  • International environmental law
  • Natural resources management (forestry, mining, etc)

Secondary Research Interests

  • Biotechnology law
  • Economic instruments & the environment (taxes, emission trading, etc)
  • Energy law
  • Environmental ethics & justice
  • Regional environmental law (eg European Union)
  • Trade law & the environment
  • Water law

Selected Publications

  • Globalisation and Natural Resources Law: Challenges, Key Issues and Perspectives (Edward Elgar, 2010, ISBN 978 1 84844 249, in press) with E. Blanco.
  • Public Interest Environmental Litigation in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh (Kluwer: Netherlands, 2004, ISBN 90-411-2214-1)
  • ‘Participatory rights in natural resource management: role of communities in South Asia’ in J. Ebbesson and P. Okowa (eds.) Environmental Law and Justice in Context (2009, CUP) 117-138.
  • ‘Public participation in the environmental decision-making’ in B. J. Richardson and S. Wood (eds.) Environmental Law for Sustainability: A Reader (2006, Hart), 165-194 (co-author: Prof B. Richardson).
  • ‘Ecosystem Services and Human Well-being in a Globalized World: Assessing the Role of Law’ (2009) Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 31, 692-720. Co-author: Elena Blanco.
  • ‘Linking Human Rights, Development and Environment: Experiences from Litigation in South Asia’ (2007) Fordham Environmental Law Review, vol 18, No. 3, 587-608.
  • ‘Trading water: the human factor’ (2004) RECIEL, vol.13 (1), 15-26.
  • ‘Human Rights and the Environment in South Asia’ (2002) Environmental Policy and Law, vol. 32/2, 99-111.
  • ‘Community Participation: UK planning reforms and international obligations’ (July 2002) Journal of Planning and Environmental Law, 786-795. Co-author: Paul Stookes