TY - BOOK AU - Le Bouthillier,Yves AU - Alfie Cohen,Miriam AU - Mumma,Albert AU - Smith,Susan L. AU - Gonzalez Marquez,Jose Juan ED - IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, TI - Poverty alleviation and environmental law T2 - The IUCN academy of environmental law series SN - 9781781003282 PY - 2012///] CY - Cheltenham, UK PB - Edward Elgar KW - Environmental law KW - Economic aspects KW - Congresses KW - Law and economic development KW - Economic development KW - Environmental aspects KW - Environmental justice KW - Poor N1 - '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; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Part I; Linkages between human rights, the environment and poverty --; Using law and equity for the poor and the environment; Dinah Shelton --; The right of access to water in South Africa; Michael Kidd --; Part II; 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; Karen Bubna-Litic --; The quest for environmental justice on a Canadian aboriginal reserve; Sidra Sabzwari and Dayna Nadine Scott --; Whaling and dealing: aboriginal subsistence whaling, politics and poverty; Ed Couzens --; Part III; The need for public participation in environmental issues to combat poverty --; The role of public engagement in achieving environmental justice; LeRoy C. (Lee) Paddock --; The right of access to information as a tool for environmental protection and poverty eradication in Mexico; Carla D. Aceves-Avila --; Part IV; States' approaches to address environmental degradation and poverty --; Embedding social justice in the design of environmental regulation; Paul Martin --; Planning and environment in Mexico City's metropolitan zone : trying to defeat poverty; Miriam Alfie Cohen and Oscar Flores Jauregui --; Part V; The role of environmental courts in the fight against poverty and environmental degradation --; The'greening' of justice : will it help the poor?; George W.(Rock) Pring and Catherine (Kitty) Pring --; The resolution of urban housing development disputes as a mechanism for poverty alleviation : a case study of Kenya's National Environment Tribunal; Albert Mumma --; Part VI; 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; Daniel Behn --; Poverty and the loss of cultural heritage sites; Stefan Gruber --; Chartering sustainable transnational corporations; Susan Lea Smith ER -