Long-time WCEL Member Richard Ottinger has received the 2017 Award for Distinguished Achievement in Environmental Law and Policy from the American Bar Association.
Everyone agrees that protected areas are valuable, but can they make money?听 Can they achieve full financial stability, and even provide a return on private investment?听 A new 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 initiative aims to find out.
WCEL Steering Committee members Elizabeth Mrema (UN Environment, Kenya) and Deputy Chair Denise Antolini (University of Hawaii, US) keynoted a conference on September 5-6 held at Queen Mary University of London on Law and Environment in Small States.听 WCEL member Catherine Iorns (Victoria鈥
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The 13th annual conference of the European Society of International Law (ESIL) gathered in Naples, Italy between 7-9 September 2017.听The World Commission on Environmental Law contributed its expertise on oceans, climate change, and human rights.
The Environmental Law Institute will present the 2017 Environmental Law Achievement Award to Achim Steiner 鈥渇or his visionary leadership on global sustainability and rule of law in the environmental setting鈥 on 18 October 2017 in Washington, D.C.
A one-day conference will be held on 20 September at Columbia University (New York) to continue discussions toward a 鈥淕lobal Pact for the Environment鈥. The event is free and open to the public, bringing prominent leaders together on the sidelines of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly to鈥
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Widener University Delaware Law School will host the 2nd Virtual Workshop on Dignity Rights in November 2017
An interim decision by the Court of Justice of the EU ordered logging to stop immediately in the ancient Bia艂owie偶a forest, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Ministry of the Environment of Poland maintains that it is necessary to deter beetle infestation and forest fires.