Human rights and the environment : conflicts and norms in a globalizing world / edited by Lyuba Zarsky.

Other author Zarsky, Lyuba.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2002.
Descriptionxvi, 288 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

Cover title Human rights & the environment
Contents Introduction : conflicts, ethics and globalization / Lyuba Zarsky -- The rights of indigenous peoples in international law / Fergus MacKay -- Global reach : human rights and environment in the framework of corporate accountability / Lyuba Zarsky -- Mining in Suriname : multinationals, the state and the Maroon Community of Nieuw Koffiekamp / Fergus MacKay -- Environment, human rights and mining conflicts in Ghana / Douglas Korsah-Brown -- Conflicts over transnational oil and gas development off Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East : a David and Goliath tale / Erika Rosenthal -- Environmental and human rights impacts of trade liberalization : a case study in Batam Island, Indonesia / Agus P. Sari -- Global norms, local compliance and the human rights-environment nexus : a case study of the Nam Theun II Dam in Laos / Philip Hirsch -- The Darien Region between Colombia and Panama : gap or seal? / Pascal O. Girot -- Environment, development and human rights in China : a case study of foreign waste dumping / Changhua Wu and Simon Wang -- Environment and land in Bushbuckridge, South Africa / Robert Thornton -- Ecological roots of conflicts in eastern and central Africa : towards a regional ombudsman / John Mugabe and Godber W. Tumushabe -- Promoting environmental human rights through innovations in mediation / Naomi Roht-Arriaza.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2002006464
ISBN1853838152 (paperback)
ISBN1853838144 (hardback)

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Joyner General Stacks HD75.6 .H86 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold