Contents

pp v-viii

Acknowledgments

pp ix-x

Message from Kofi A. Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations

pp xi-xii

Macquarie Statement

pp xiii-xiv

Contributors

pp xv-xvi

Introduction

pp 1-6

PART ONE - THE CONTEXT

pp 7-8

1 - Environmental Law Forty Years Later: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

pp 9-25

2 - Biodiversity and International Law: Historical Perspectives and Present Challenges: Where Do We Come From, Where Are We Going?

pp 26-42

3 - Some Observations on the IUCN, the Earth Charter, and Global Governance

pp 43-48

4 - The Changing Role of Law in the Pursuit of Sustainability

pp 49-66

PART TWO - BIODIVERSITY: ITS CONSERVATION

pp 67-68

5 - Biodiversity Conservation in the Context of Sustainable Human Development: A Call to Action

pp 69-93

6 - Legal and Paralegal Rules for Biodiversity Conservation: A Sequence of Conceptual, Linguistic, and Legal Problems

pp 94-131

7 - Future Directions in Conservation of Biological Diversity: An Interdisciplinary Approach

pp 132-154

8 - Experience, Mistakes, and Challenges: The Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Brazil

pp 155-180

9 - EC Law and Biodiversity

pp 181-192

10 - Community-Based Biodiversity Conservation in the Pacific: Cautionary Lessons in “Regionalising” Environmental Governance

pp 193-224

PART THREE - CONSERVATION MEASURES

pp 225-226

11 - The Recent NSW Experience, from Regional Forest Agreements to Brigalow and the Introduction of the Community Conservation Area

pp 227-232

12 - Local People's Perceptions and Attitudes towards the Management of Nech-Sar National Park, Ethiopia

pp 233-250

13 - Japanese MPAs at a Turning Point: Nomination of Shiretoko for World Heritage Status

pp 251-264

14 - Ten Years of Threatened Species Legislation in NSW – What Are the Lessons?

pp 265-279

15 - Sanctuaries, Protected Species, and Politics – How Effective Is Australia at Protecting Its Marine Biodiversity under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999?

pp 280-305

16 - Legal Stewardship of Mountain Regions: The Emerging Ecoregime

pp 306-326

PART FOUR - USES OF COMPONENTS OF BIODIVERSITY

pp 327-328

17 - Legal Framework for the Ecological and Biodiversity Needs of Soil: Progress towards an International Instrument for the Sustainable Use of Soil

pp 329-346

18 - The Ghanaian Forestry Regime: Bridging the Gap between the North and the South

pp 347-357

19 - Bridging the Dominant-Indigenous Peoples Cultural Divide: Reflections on Makah Whaling

pp 358-380