Book contents
- Natural Perception
- Natural Perception
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- 1 In the Frame
- 2 The Environment’s ‘Aesthetic’ Value
- 3 Legal Interpretation of Aesthetic Value
- 4 Images and Aesthetics for International Environmental Law
- 5 Valuing Aesthetics of World Natural Heritage
- 6 The Art of Image in the Whaling in the Antarctic Case
- 7 Fragmented Aesthetics of Biodiversity
- 8 Beyond the Frame: A Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
8 - Beyond the Frame: A Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 August 2023
- Natural Perception
- Natural Perception
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- 1 In the Frame
- 2 The Environment’s ‘Aesthetic’ Value
- 3 Legal Interpretation of Aesthetic Value
- 4 Images and Aesthetics for International Environmental Law
- 5 Valuing Aesthetics of World Natural Heritage
- 6 The Art of Image in the Whaling in the Antarctic Case
- 7 Fragmented Aesthetics of Biodiversity
- 8 Beyond the Frame: A Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The final chapter 8 considers the implications of an aesthetic analysis of images for international legal practice. International bodies making decisions under the three treaties examined in the book conflate and displace aesthetic value in favour of other environmental values, risking the integrity of their decisions and, ultimately, the protection of the environment for its aesthetic value under international environmental law. Photographs could be formally acknowledged for their relevance to the interpretation of the treaties and used in decision-making processes to conceive aesthetic appreciation of the environment in ways important for all nation states. They can encapsulate a sensorial experience of the natural environment shaped by imagination, emotion and knowledge from different cultures. But a critical analysis of such images is also important to distinguish aesthetic value from other environmental values such as natural beauty, cultural value and ethical value. An accommodation of aesthetic concepts and methods to develop meanings from images for the interpretation of international environmental treaties could also be taken up for other fields of international law.
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- Natural PerceptionEnvironmental Images and Aesthetics in International Law, pp. 238 - 262Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023