This timely book explores the complex relationship between the alleviation of poverty and the protection of the environment. There is every reason to believe that these issues are in many ways interdependent. However this book demonstrates that there are situations where alleviation of poverty and the protection of the environment appear to be in a fraught relationship. The contributing authors illustrate that the role played by law in this relationship, whether at the international or national level, will vary depending on the situation and will be more successful at pursuing environmental justice in some cases than in others. This interdisciplinary study will appeal to academics and students in environmental law and other environmental disciplines, environmental policymakers and NGOs interested in issues of poverty, environment and indigenous peoples.
Contents: 1. Introduction PART I: LINKAGES BETWEEN HUMAN RIGHTS, THE ENVIRONMENT AND POVERTY 2. Using Law and Equity for the Poor and the Environment Dinah Shelton 3. The Right of Access to Water in South Africa Michael Kidd PART II: ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND POVERTY: WHAT IS AT STAKE FOR ABORIGINAL PEOPLES? 4. Climate Change Impacts on the Poor - a Case-study of Australia's Indigenous Population and the Impact of Australia's Response on the Population Karen Bubna-Litic 5. The Quest for Environmental Justice on a Canadian Aboriginal Reserve Sidra Sabzwari and Dayna Nadine Scott 6. Horse-Trading and People: Poverty and Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Ed Couzens PART III: THE NEED FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES TO COMBAT POVERTY 7. The Role of Public Engagement in Achieving Environmental Justice LeRoy C. Paddock 8. The Right of Access to Information as a Tool for Environmental Protection and Poverty Eradication in Mexico Carla D. Aceves-Avila PART IV: STATES' APPROACHES TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND POVERTY 9. Embedding Social Justice in the Design of Environmental Regulation Paul Martin 10. Planning and Environment in Mexico City's Metropolitan Zone: Trying to Defeat Poverty Miriam Alfie Cohen and Oscar Flores Jauregui PART V: THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL COURTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION 11. Specialized Environmental Courts and Tribunals: Improved Access to Justice for Those Living in Poverty George (Rock) Pring and Catherine (Kitty) Pring 12. The Resolution of Urban Housing Development Disputes as a Mechanism for Poverty Alleviation: A Case Study of Kenya's National Environment Tribunal Albert Mumma PART VI: GLOBAL CHALLENGES: INTERNATIONAL MECHANISMS TO ADDRESS POVERTY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION 13. Linking Climate Change Mitigation and Poverty Reduction: Using Kyoto's Clean Development Mechanism to Promote Energy Development on the African Continent Daniel Behn 14. The Links between Poverty and the Loss of Cultural Heritage Sites Stefan Gruber 15. Chartering Sustainable Transnational Corporations Susan Smith Index
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