Charting Environmental Law Futures in the Anthropocene

1. Front Matter

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2. Securing Equitable and Sustainable Futures in the Anthropocene—What Role and Challenges for Environmental Law?

   • Michelle Lim

   Pages 1-18

3. Re-defining Human-Environment Relationships

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

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   2. Rights of Nature in the Anthropocene: Towards the Democratization of Environmental Law?

      • María Valeria Berros

      Pages 21-31

   3. Moving Towards “Ecological Civilization” in the Anthropocene: The Future of Environmental Law in China

      • Di Zhou

      Pages 33-43

   4. International Environmental Law in the Anthropocene: Addressing the Gaps Towards ‘Sustainable Development Law’

      • Fabiano de Andrade Correa, Marina Demaria Venâncio

      Pages 45-58

   5. Ecological Restoration as a Legal Duty in the Anthropocene

      • An Cliquet

      Pages 59-70

   6. Governance for Protected Areas “Beyond the Boundary”—A Conceptual Framework for Biodiversity Conservation in the Anthropocene

      • Toshinori Tanaka

      Pages 71-79

4. Planetary Order and International Collaboration

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81

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   2. The Ocean-Climate Nexus in the Unfolding Anthropocene: Addressing Environmental Challenges Through International Law and Cooperation

      • Stephen Minas

      Pages 83-94

   3. Consequences of the Recognition of Forest Protection as a Common Concern of Humankind for the Anthropocene

      • Maša Kovič Dine

      Pages 95-105

   4. International Water Law in Multi-scale Governance of Shared Waters in the Anthropocene: Towards Cooperation, not “Water Wars”

      • Remy Kinna

      Pages 107-119

   5. Rising China and Antarctic Futures in the Anthropocene

      • Nengye Liu

      Pages 121-128

   6. The International Environmental Court—A Necessary Institution for Sustainable Planetary Governance in the Anthropocene

      • Alexander M. SoIntsev

      Pages 129-138

   7. Global Assessment and Review: The Importance of a Transparency Turn in International Environmental Law

      • Nafiseh Jafarzadeh

      Pages 139-148

5. Implementing Transformative Law and Governance for Sustainable and Equitable Futures

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149

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   2. Indigenous Rights and Universal Periodic Review: A Confluence of Human Rights and Environmental Issues

      • Jonathan Liljeblad

      Pages 151-157

   3. Constitutionally Shackled: The Story of Environmental Jurisprudence in India

      • Nupur Chowdhury

      Pages 159-169

   4. Liability for Environmental Harm as a Response to the Anthropocene

      • Jacob Phelps, Carol Adaire Jones, John Pendergrass

      Pages 171-180

   5. On the Hypotactic Imperative for a Transition from the Anthropocene to the Sustainocene

      • Benjamen Franklen Gussen

      Pages 181-190

This book explores a range of plausible futures for environmental law in the new era of the Earth’s history: the Anthropocene. The book discusses multiple contemporary and future challenges facing the planet and humanity. It examines the relationship between environmental law and the Anthropocene at governance scales from the global to the local.
 
The breadth of issues and jurisdictions covered by the book, its forward-looking nature, and the unique generational perspective of the contributing authors means that this publication appeals to a wide audience from specialist academics and policy-makers to a broader lay readership.
  

• anthropocene
• environmental law
• environmental governance
• anthropogenic climate change
• environmental management
• sustainable development
• sustainability
• intergenerational equity
• transboundary air pollution
• biodiversity
• sustainable development goals
• environmental welfare
• indigenous land rights
• environmental justice
• climate change

• Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

  Michelle Lim

Dr Michelle Lim is Lecturer at the University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. Her research occurs at the intersection between biodiversity conservation and sustainable livelihoods. Dr Lim's scholarship has a particular focus on transdisciplinary governance approaches to the effective and equitable conservation of biodiversity in the Anthropocene.

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