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February 2011, Volume 41, Number 1

Contents

Editorial                                                                                    1

UNITED  NATIONS  ACTIVITIES

UN / GA 65^th Session

–    Environmental Policy and Legal Resolutions                      2

      (Elisa Morgera)

UNCSD-Rio+20 / ISM-1

–    Finding Common Ground                                                   9

      (Elsa Tsioumani)

UNFCCC / Kyoto Protocol

–    Outcomes of the Cancún Conference                                10

      (Soledad Aguilar)

–    Clean Development Mechanism                                        14

      – Proposal for an Appeals Process –

      (Michael Bothe, Thilo Marauhn, Eckard Rehbinder,

      Ayse Martina Böhringer, Johan Horst)

CMS / ACCOBAMS / MOP-4

–    Geographical Area Overlapping with ASCOBANS         18

      – Legal or Other Implications –

      (Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Heidrun Frisch)

CMS

–    International Tiger Forum                                                  22

      – Reflections –

      (Aline Kühl)

Montreal Protocol / MOP-22

–    “Universal” Agreement Makes Limited Progress              24

INC Mercury-1 & 2

–    Negotiations Commence                                                    26

OTHER  INTERNATIONAL  DEVELOPMENTS

Marine Genetic Resources beyond National Jurisdiction 35

      – Coordination and Harmonisation of Governance

      Regimes –

      (Arianna Broggiato)

Environmental Damage                                                        42

      – A New Challenge for China, Continuing

      Challenges for Western Legal Systems –

      (Mariachiara Alberton, Luciano Butti, Marco Cremonini,
Massimo Martinelli, Manuela Molinaro, Yanming Ren,

      Patrizia Scalas, Luigi Torriano, Guangxuan Xie, Fang Yu,

      Hongzhen Zhang)

GEF / 39^th Council

–    Few Surprises in the Meeting                                            52

      (Soledad Aguilar)                                                                 

REFERENCES  TO  OTHER  TOPICS              53

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