This book makes one of the first sustained contributions to exploring the way that law - in particular international and European law- contributes to the practice of ecological restoration.
1. Introduction Part I Setting the Scene for International Law and Ecological Restoration 2. What is Ecological Restoration? 3. Why Should We Restore Nature? Part II Ecological restoration in International Law 4. International Soft Law and Ecological Restoration 5. International Conventions and Ecological Restoration 6. The Convention on Biological Diversity and Ecological Restoration 7. Regional Approaches: Law and Policy on Ecological Restoration in the European Union 8. National Approaches to Ecological Restoration Part III Thematic Issues on Ecological Restoration 9. Private Non-State Actors and Ecological Restoration 10. Protected Areas and Ecological Restoration 11. Climate Change and Ecological Restoration 12. Future Directions for International Law on Ecological Restoration
Anastasia Telesetsky is Associate Professor at the University of Idaho, US.
An Cliquet is Associate Professor at the University of Ghent, Belgium.
Afshin Akhtar-Khavari is Associate Professor at Griffith University, Australia.