Beyond the Barricades

Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger is Director of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) in Montreal, Canada, where she also coordinates an Americas research project for the United Nations Environment Programme (ROLAC), the International Institute for Sustainable Development and the CISDL. Maria Leichner Reynal is Executive Director and Co-founder of the Fundacion Ecos in Uruguay, and a Lead Counsel at the CISDL.

• Contents: Preface, Oscar Arias. Introduction: Introduction, Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger and Maria Leichner Reynal; A hemispheric trade and sustainability agenda?, Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger. Intersecting Policy Priorities for Trade, Environment and Social Law in the Americas: Trade, Standards and Biosafety: The biosafety protocol: an opportunity for Americas collaboration, Rodrigo Artunduaga Salas; Biosafety, consumer protection and International trade, Roxana Salazar and Kristin Dawkins. Intellectual Property Rights and Biodiversity: Biodiversity, indigenous knowledge and intellectual property rights, Mindahi Bastida Muñoz and Alvaro Soto Holguin; Bioprospecting partnership in practice, Jorge Cabrer. Access to Drinking Water and Sanitation Services: Drinking water and sanitation in Latin America and the Caribbean: a general assessment, Malcolm Mercer and Karel Mayrand; Sustainable water management in Colombia, Guillermo A. Constain and Adam Rankin; Making water supply available to the excluded, Lester H. Forde. Mining and Stakeholder Participation: Mining and stakeholders involvement: addressing social sustainability challenges, Cristina Echevarria, Daniel Brooks, and Gordon Peeling; Mining and stakeholder involvement: rhetoric or reality?, Hernán Blanco and Nicola Borregaard. Climate Change Policy in the Americas: Global climate change and the Caribbean, Lionel Hurst; Implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, Patrick Patelin. Sustainable Investment Policy in the Americas: Investment cooperation in the mercosur: towards a regional model, Maria Leichner Reynal; The FTAA in the graveyard of economic negotiations, Konrad von Moltke; From protest to proposal: options for an Americas investment regime?, Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger. Implementing Procedural Priorities for an Integrated Sustainable Development Agenda in the Americas: Strengthening and Linking Institutions: Strengthening capacity to link environment and health in the context of the FTAA, Soledad Salvad