Description
Book SynopsisA guide to management of the critical environmental issues on global agenda. It sketches the role played by organizations and individuals in the UN system in developing and consolidating principles of international law and international governance with respect to natural resource management.
Trade Review'[T]his book is about the United Nations and global resources management, in particular the maintenance of the natural adaptability of ecosystems and the sustainable use of natural resources for the benefit of present and future generations of humankind.'August 2013
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Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables
Series Editors' Foreword / Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, and Thomas G. Weiss
Foreword / James Crawford
Foreword / Supachai Panitchpakdi
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Concepts and Principles
1. Historical Background: Formative Phases of International Organization during the Pre–UN Period
2. UN Involvement with Natural Resource Management at the National and Transboundary Levels
3. Management of the Global Commons
4. The International Architecture for Environmental Governance and Global Resource Management
5. Natural Resources and Armed Conflict
6. The Role of the International Court of Justice in the Settlement of Natural Resource Disputes
7. The UN's Conceptual Contribution: Conclusions and Challenges
Notes
Index
About the Author
About the United Nations Intellectual History Project
