Poverty Alleviation and Environmental Law

Edited by Yves Le Bouthillier, Professor of Law, University of Ottawa, Canada, Miriam Alfie Cohen, Professor-Researcher, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Cuajimalpa, Jose Juan Gonzalez Marquez, Professor of Law, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Azcapotzalco, Mexico, Albert Mumma, Professor of Law, University of Nairobi, Kenya and Susan Smith, Professor of Law, College of Law, Willamette University, US

• Contents: 1. Introduction PART I: LINKAGES BETWEEN HUMAN RIGHTS, THE ENVIRONMENT AND POVERTY 2. Using Law and Equity for the Poor and the Environment Dinah Shelton3. The Right of Access to Water in South AfricaMichael KiddPART II: ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND POVERTY: WHAT IS AT STAKE FOR ABORIGINAL PEOPLES? 4. Climate Change Impacts on the Poor – a Case-study of Australia’s Indigenous Population and the Impact of Australia’s Response on this PopulationKaren Bubna-Litic5. The Quest for Environmental Justice on a Canadian Aboriginal ReserveSidra Sabzwari and Dayna Nadine Scott6. Whaling and Dealing: Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling, Politics and Poverty Ed CouzensPART III: THE NEED FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES TO COMBAT POVERTY7. The Role of Public Engagement in Achieving Environmental Justice LeRoy C. (Lee) Paddock 8. The Right of Access to Information as a Tool for Environmental Protection and Poverty Eradication in MexicoCarla D. Aceves-Ávila PART IV: STATES’ APPROACHES TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND POVERTY9. Embedding Social Justice in the Design of Environmental Regulation Paul Martin 10. Planning and Environment in Mexico City’s Metropolitan Zone: Trying to Defeat PovertyMiriam Alfie Cohen and Oscar Flores Jáuregui PART V: THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL COURTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION 11. The ‘Greening’ of Justice: Will it Help the Poor?George W. (Rock) Pring and Catherine G. (Kitty) Pring 12. The Resolution of Urban Housing Development Disputes as a Mechanism for Poverty Alleviation: A Case Study of Kenya’s National Environment TribunalAlbert Mumma PART VI: GLOBAL CHALLENGES: INTERNATIONAL MECHANISMS TO ADDRESS POVERTY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION13. Linking Climate Change Mitigation and Poverty Reduction: Continued Reform of the Clean Development Mechanism in the Post-Kyoto Era to Promote Sustainable Energy Development on the African ContinentDaniel Behn14. Poverty and the Loss of Cultural Heritage SitesStefan Gruber15. Chartering Sustainable Transnational CorporationsSusan Lea SmithIndex

‘Poverty Alleviation and Environmental Law makes an important contribution. . . taking as its subject the role that law can play at the intersection of anti-poverty and conservation efforts. . . the carefully researched and written chapters offer critical and stimulating insights and detailed analysis of key issues and challenges in this field. Furthermore, for almost every shortcoming they identify, the contributors offer concrete recommendations for developing the applicable laws and policies, making a convincing case that these improvements are not only necessary, but also feasible. The editors and authors are to be applauded for this highly readable and informative addition to the existing literature. . . This book is highly recommended to scholars and policy-makers interested in environmental law and human rights, and their intersections with poverty alleviation.’