Forests in International Law Is There Really a Need for an International Forest Convention? /

• Main Author: Eikermann, Anja (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Law.; Forestry management.; International environmental law.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; International Environmental Law.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Forestry Management.

This book investigates the potential need for an international convention on forests and establishes a multifunctional concept of forests as a cornerstone for international forest regulation. Accordingly, it examines a variety of international instruments pertaining directly or indirectly to forests...

Table of Contents:

• State of Research and Structure of the Book
• The Case for International Forest Regulation – The Benefits and Challenges of the Multifunctional Concept of Forests
• Agenda-Setting and Institution Building for Forests – Entangled Structures and the Failure of Legalization
• The Treaty Canopy – General, International Environmental and International Economic Law Covering Forests
• The Options for an International Regulation of Forests
• Conclusions
• Summary.