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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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Environmental Policy and Law: The journal for decision-makers: December 2010

EPL , Volume 40, Number 6 includes the following contents:

Contents

Editorial                                                                      

UNITED  NATIONS  ACTIVITIES

FAO

–    Preventing, Deterring and Eliminating IUU Fishing      

      – Port State Measures –

      (Blaise Kuemlangan, Michael Press)

UN/GA / MDG Summit

–    Environmental Dimension of the MDGs                      

      – Progress Made? –

      (Elisa Morgera)

–    Sustainable Development and Biodiversity                  

      (Constanza Martinez)

High-level Event on Biodiversity

–    Selected Statements by Representatives of the          

      Member States

CBD / COP-10

–    Post-2010 Implementation                                        

      (Elisa Morgera)

–    Access and Benefit Sharing                                       

      – The Nagoya Protocol –

      (Elsa Tsioumani)

–    Liability and Redress

      – Supplement to the Cartagena Protocol –                  

     

OTHER  INTERNATIONAL  DEVELOPMENTS

State Responsibility / Liability                                      

      – Erga Omnes Obligations and Judicial Control –

      (Alfred Rest)

Elizabeth Haub Prize                                                                

–    2009 Prize for Environmental Law                              

Is Capacity Building Presently of Age?                        

      (Donald Kaniaru)

ICAO

–    Environmental Prospects for the Air Transport             

      Industry

      (Ruwantissa Abeyratne)

G-20

–    The Seoul Summit                                                    

      (Soledad Aguilar)                                                                 

REGIONAL  AFFAIRS

South Asia

–    Transboundary Waters on the Subcontinent                         

(Armin Rosencranz, Abhimanyu G. Jain, Raeesa Vakil)

Africa and Southeast Asia

–    Gorillas and Their Habitats – A Legal Review –            

      (Balraj Sidhu)

Pacific Island Countries

–    Regional Meeting for CBD COP-10                              

      (Ian Fry)

Alpine Region

–     Helicopters in the Alps                                              

      – International Legal Aspects –

      (Jennifer Heuck)

Alpine Convention

–    Switzerland: Not Ratifying the Protocols                      

      (Thomas Egger)

–    44^th Meeting of the Standing Committee                      

Arctic Council

–    Senior Arctic Officials Meeting                                    

OSPAR

–    The First High Seas MPA Network                              

      (Graeme Kelleher)

NATIONAL  AFFAIRS

Jordan

–    Dead Sea/Red Sea Canal Project                                

      (Hamaideh Arwa, Mohamed Abd El Jaleel Awabdeh)

USA

–    California and Climate Change                                     

      (Anna Frostic, Stephen C. McCaffrey)

Australia

–    Climate Change Policy Evaluation                                

      – Method and Criteria –

      (Evgeny Guglyuvatyy)

REFERENCES  TO  OTHER  TOPICS                              

SELECTED  DOCUMENTS

CBD / COP-10

–    Implementation of the Convention and Strategic Plan     

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