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The following papers have been provided by members of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law.

The views expressed in these papers are the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of IUCN.

Biodiversity
Climate Change and Energy
Ecosystem Services
Environmental Governance
Forests
Protected Areas
Soil
Trade and Environment
Water

Mark Christensen:
Biodiversity Offsets – An Overview of Selected Recent Developments: New Zealand – Where to from here?

Jorge Cabrera Medaglia:
Biodiversity for (Bio)Technology under the Convention on Biological Diversity : Bioprospecting partnership in practice

Jorge Cabrera Medaglia:
Elementos basicos para la negociacion de contratos de bioprospeccion

Jorge Cabrera Medaglia:
La propuesta Costarricense de sistema sui generis para la proteccion de los derechos del fitomejorador a la luz de la OMC y las negociaciones del CAFTA

Stephen Keim:
The Adventures of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

Maria Julia Oliva and Simonetta Zarrilli:
WTO Panel Report on the "EC-Biotech" Case: Considerations for Trade and Development

Ana Rachel Teixeira-Mazaudoux:
Protection des savoirs traditionnels associés aux ressources genetiques : cadre juridique international

Tran Thi Huong Trang:
Legislation on Genetic Resources Conservation in Vietnam 
 

Stephen Keim:
Environmental Law Challenges of Climate Change

Stephen Keim:
Re Xstrata Coal Pty. Ltd. and Others: a Talking Point Case

A. F. M. Maniruzzaman:
Environment and Sustainable Energy Development in the Asia-Pacific Region
Published in: International Energy Law and Taxation Review, No.2, 2003, p. 37-44 (copyright Sweet and Maxwell)

Lily Mathews and Paul Curnow, Baker & McKenzie:
RELaw Assist : Renewable Energy Law in China : Issues Paper

Chris McGrath:
Will we leave the Great Barrier Reef for our children?

Richard L. Ottinger:
Biofuels – Potential, Problems & Solutions

Richard L. Ottinger and Adrian J. Bradbook:
UNEP Handbook for Drafting Laws on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Resources 
 

Louise Camenzuli:
The development of International Law at the Multilateral Environmental Agreement COPs and its validity 
 
Bharat H. Desai
Creeping Institutionalization : Multilateral Environmental Agreements & Human Security
   
Bharat H. Desai
UNEP: A Global Environmental Authority?
Published in: Environmental Policy and Law, Volume 36(3-4), 2007, p. 137-157 
  
Parvez Hassan:
Environmental Protection, Rule of Law and the Judicial Crisis in Pakistan

Stephen Keim:
Development Approvals under Commonwealth Legislation

Veit Koester:
The Compliance Committee of the Aarhus Convention : An Overview of Procedures and Jurisprudence
Published in: Environmental Policy and Law, Volume 37(2-3), 2007, p. 83-96
 
Paule Jessie Nanfah:
L’evaluation environnementale dans la mise en ouvre des conventions internationales

Benjamin J. Richardson:
Do the Fiduciary Duties of Pension Funds Hinder Socially Responsible Investment?

Benjamin J. Richardson:
Protecting Indigenous Peoples through Socially Responsible Investment
Published in: Indigenous Law Journal, Volume 6(1), Fall, 2007: 1-30
 

Diego Méndez Macías:
Las áreas protegidas privadas: una estrategia para el desarrollo sustentable

William L. Andreen:
Motivating Enforcement: Institutional Culture and the Clean Water Act
(The article was published in the Pace Environmental Law Review and is reprinted with permission; copyright 2007 Pace Environmental Law Review)

Erik B. Bluemel:
The Implications of Formulating a Human Right to Water

Mario Peña Chacón:
Daño responsabilidad y reparacion ambiental

Mario Peña Chacón:
Gestion integrada del recurso hídrico en la legislacion costarricense

Mario Peña Chacón:
Tutela juridica de los ecosistemas de humedal