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Institutional Ecology, Sustainable Use and Community Based Natural Resource Management
Ecosystem services and wild resources are worth more than global GDP.
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Lawmaking for Global Crisis Situations
More likely than not, the world will be facing a series of serious crises, connected to climate change, environmental disasters, natural catastrophes, shortage of all kinds of raw materials and sources of mineral energy, as well as new financial crises.
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Sustainability, international trade and digitalisation: Core elements of sustainable soil management governance in the Global South
Based on the results of a previously terminated project Mapping out options for a model legislation on sustainable soil management in Africa, a model legislation for sustainable soil management is currently under development, for adoption by the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) and subsequent transmission as a proposal to all national parliaments of the African Union.
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Political ecologies of extinction: from endpoint to inflection-point
Büscher, Bram. 2022. Political ecologies of extinction: from endpoint to inflection-point. Introduction to the Special Section. Journal of P...
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Between overstocking and extinction: conservation and the intensification of uneven wildlife geographies in Africa
Büscher, Bram. 2021. Between overstocking and extinction: conservation and the intensification of uneven wildlife geographies in Africa. Jou...
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An Aye Aye for an Aye Aye: Making Biodiversity Offsets Sustainable
Takacs, David. 2020. An Aye Aye for an Aye Aye: Making Biodiversity Offsets Sustainable. Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, 45. https://...
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Adaptive Governance, Ecosystem Management, and Natural Capital: Fig. 1.
Schultz, Lisen, Carl Folke, Henrik Österblom, and Per Olsson. 2015. Adaptive Governance, Ecosystem Management, and Natural Capital: Fig. 1. ...
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The Conservation Movement in Zimbabwe: An Early Experiment in Devolved Community Based Regulation
Child, Graham, and Brian Child. 2015. The Conservation Movement in Zimbabwe: An Early Experiment in Devolved Community Based Regulation. Afr...
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Political ecologies of the state: Recent interventions and questions going forward
Harris, Leila M. 2017. Political ecologies of the state: Recent interventions and questions going forward. Political Geography, 58, 90–92. h...
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Are Koalas Fungible? Biodiversity Offsetting and the Law
Takacs, David. 2018. Are Koalas Fungible? Biodiversity Offsetting and the Law. N.Y.U. Environmental Law Journal, 26, 161–226. https://ssrn.c...
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The promise of “well-being” in Section 24 of the Constitution of South Africa
Du Plessis, Anél. 2018. The promise of “well-being” in Section 24 of the Constitution of South Africa. South African Journal on Human Rights...
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Expertise and Public Participation in Government Policymaking: South Africa in Comparative Context
The fellowship at STIAS will build on my prior work on comparative administrative law dealing with public participation in policymaking.
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“Sustainable Cities in South Africa: A Legal Appraisal”
The 11th of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals adopted on 25 September 2015 (the new sustainable development agenda), focuses on the pursuit of cities that are inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
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Social-ecological systems and biosphere stewardship
Humanity interacts with the dynamics of the biosphere in new ways.