Poverty alleviation and environmental law / 
edited by Yves Le Bouthillier [and four others]. 
 - xii, 349 pages ;  24 cm. 
 - The IUCN academy of environmental law series .
 - IUCN Academy of Environmental Law series. .
<br/><br/> 'This volume is the result of a conference organized in Mexico by the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law on the theme of Poverty and the Environment'--Page 1. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Linkages between human rights, the environment and poverty --  Using law and equity for the poor and the environment /  The right of access to water in South Africa /  Environmental degradation and poverty : what is at stake for aboriginal peoples? --  Climate change impacts on the poor : a case-study of Australia's indigenous population and the impact of Australia's response on this population /  The quest for environmental justice on a Canadian aboriginal reserve /  Whaling and dealing: aboriginal subsistence whaling, politics and poverty /  The need for public participation in environmental issues to combat poverty --  The role of public engagement in achieving environmental justice /  The right of access to information as a tool for environmental protection and poverty eradication in Mexico /  States' approaches to address environmental degradation and poverty --  Embedding social justice in the design of environmental regulation /  Planning and environment in Mexico City's metropolitan zone : trying to defeat poverty /  The role of environmental courts in the fight against poverty and environmental degradation --  The'greening' of justice : will it help the poor? /  The resolution of urban housing development disputes as a mechanism for poverty alleviation : a case study of Kenya's National Environment Tribunal /  Global challenges : international mechanisms to address poverty and environmental degradation --  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 Continent /  Poverty and the loss of cultural heritage sites /  Chartering sustainable transnational corporations /  Dinah Shelton --  Michael Kidd --  Karen Bubna-Litic --  Sidra Sabzwari and Dayna Nadine Scott --  Ed Couzens --  LeRoy C. (Lee) Paddock --  Carla D. Aceves-Avila --  Paul Martin --  Miriam Alfie Cohen and Oscar Flores Jauregui --  George W.(Rock) Pring and Catherine (Kitty) Pring --  Albert Mumma --  Daniel Behn --  Stefan Gruber --  Susan Lea Smith.  Introduction -- Part I.  Part II.  Part III.  Part IV.  Part V.  Part VI. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781781003282  RM180.65 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Environmental law--Economic aspects--Congresses.<br/>Law and economic development--Congresses.<br/>Economic development--Environmental aspects--Congresses.<br/>Environmental justice--Congresses.<br/>Poor--Congresses.