Outputs (61)

Introduction: Setting the scene (2023)
Book Chapter

In 2020, the cognitive dissonance of environmental governance was made painfully clear. At the same time that the pandemic shed light on the disastrous and direct consequences of environmental degradation for the well-being of humans worldwide, envir... Read More about Introduction: Setting the scene.

Biodiversity Litigation (2022)
Book

Biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented speed and urgent action is needed at all levels. Noting the growing influence of climate change litigation as an emerging legal trend, this volume proposes a sidestep: if climate change litigation is so a... Read More about Biodiversity Litigation.

Biodiversity litigation: Review of trends and challenges (2022)
Book Chapter

In the chapters of this book, we have learned a great deal about biodiversity litigation in all its forms. We have seen cases arising in all continents except Antarctica. We have seen jurisdictions where International Biodiversity Law (IBL) significa... Read More about Biodiversity litigation: Review of trends and challenges.

Transformative governance of biodiversity: Insights for sustainable development (2021)
Journal Article

While there is much debate on transformative change among academics and policymakers, the discussion on how to govern such change is still in its infancy. This article argues that transformative governance is needed to enable the transformative chang... Read More about Transformative governance of biodiversity: Insights for sustainable development.

Information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters (2020)
Book Chapter

Since the 1992 Rio Summit, increasing depletion of resources (such as land, water, energy and forests) as well as restricted access to these resources remain issues of global concern. Time and again, a lack of community engagement along with weak inf... Read More about Information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters.

Why protect ancient woodland in the UK? Rethinking the ecosystem approach (2020)
Journal Article

Sites of ancient woodland in the United Kingdom (UK) are diminishing rapidly and the multi-functional forest management system with its fragmented approach fails effectively to protect such woodland. In the face of reports on the destruction of ancie... Read More about Why protect ancient woodland in the UK? Rethinking the ecosystem approach.

Investments' role in ecosystem degradation—Response (2020)
Journal Article

Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change (2019)
Journal Article

The human impact on life on Earth has increased sharply since the 1970s, driven by the demands of a growing population with rising average per capita income. Nature is currently supplying more materials than ever before, but this has come at the high... Read More about Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change.

Environmental impact assessment in the context of mangrove forest ecosystem management in Bangladesh: A case study of Rampal coal power plant project (2019)
Book Chapter

The mangroves of the Sundarbans, spanning between Bangladesh and India, are recognized as an internationally important World Heritage and Ramsar site. It supports a wide range of ecosystem services that sustain the livelihoods of local poor communiti... Read More about Environmental impact assessment in the context of mangrove forest ecosystem management in Bangladesh: A case study of Rampal coal power plant project.

Environmental Rights: The Development of Standards (2019)
Book

Environmental rights, also known as the human rights or constitutional rights that are used for the protection of the environment, have proliferated over the last 45 years. However, the precise levels of protection that they represent has since been... Read More about Environmental Rights: The Development of Standards.