| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 288 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The rights of indigenous peoples in international law / Fergus MacKay -- Global reach : human rights and environment in the framework of corporate accountability / Lyuba Zarsky -- Mining in Suriname: Multinationals, the State and the Maroon Community of Nieuw Koffiekamp / Fergus MacKay -- Environmental human rights and mining conflicts in Ghana / Douglas Korsah-Brown -- Conflicts over transnational oil and gas development off Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East: A David and Goliath tale / Erika Rosenthal -- Environmental and human rights impacts of trade liberalization: a case study in Batam Island, Indonesia / Agus Sari -- Global norms, local compliance and the human rights-environment nexus : a case study of the Nam Theun II Dam in Laos / Philip Hirsch -- The Darien region between Colombia and Panama: Gap or seal? / Pascal O. Girot -- Environmental, development and human rights in China: A case study of foreign waste dumping / Changhua Wu and Simon Wang -- Environment and land in Bushbuckridge, South Africa / Robert Thornton -- Ecological roots of conflict in eastern and central Africa: Towards a regional ombudsman / John Mugabe and Godber W. Tumushabe / Promoting environmental human rights through innovations in mediation / Naomi Roht-Arriaza. |
| Summary |
The impact of environmental damage on human rights - civil political or welfare and labour rights - is becoming ever-more widely appreciated and has direct bearing on the behaviour of companies and their norms of conduct. In this volume contributors draw on the tools and insights of a range of disciplines including law anthropology economics geography and social science to analyze the issues and show how new standards that protect rights and liberties can be established. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Case studies.
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Case studies. |
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects. |
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Environmental responsibility -- Case studies.
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Environmental responsibility. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Human rights -- Case studies.
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Human rights. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Human rights. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Zarsky, Lyuba.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Human rights and the environment. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2002 (DLC) 2002006464 (OCoLC)49681220 |
| ISBN |
9781849771634 (electronic book) |
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1849771634 (electronic book) |
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9781853838156 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1853838152 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781853838149 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1853838144 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1280475617 |
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9781280475610 |
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