Poverty alleviation and environmental law / edited by Yves Le Bouthillier [and four others].

'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.