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Ecological Restoration Law: Concepts and Case Studies book cover

1st Edition

Ecological Restoration Law Concepts and Case Studies

Edited By Afshin Akhtar-Khavari, Benjamin J. Richardson Copyright 2019
304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge
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Ecological restoration is as essential as sustainable development for the health of the biosphere. Restoration, however, has been a low priority of most countries' environmental laws, which tend to focus narrowly on rehabilitation of small, discrete sites rather than the more ambitious recovery of entire ecosystems and landscapes. Through critical theoretical perspectives and topical case... Read more



List of contributors





1. Ecological Restoration in the Anthropocene



Afshin Akhtar-Khavari and Benjamin J. Richardson



Part 1



Concepts of Ecological Restoration Law





2. The Social Life of Plants and Trees and the Limits of Environmental Law’s Recovery Imagination



Afshin Akhtar-Khavari



3. Timescapes of Ecological Restoration



Benjamin J. Richardson



4. The Story of Stewardship and Ecological Restoration



Emily Barritt



5. Ecological Reconciliation on Private Agricultural Land: Moving Beyond the Human–Nature Binary in Property-Environment Contests



Robyn Bartel and Nicole Graham



6. Linking Restoration Science and Law



An Cliquet and Kris Decleer



7. Green Financing of Ecosystem Restoration



Froukje Maria Platjouw



Part 2



Case Studies of Ecological Restoration Law





8. Legal Considerations when Operationalizing Eco-restoration within the European Union: A Sisyphean Task or Unlocking Existing Potential?



Hendrik Schoukens



9. Public Participation and Socio-Economic Justice in Eco-restoration Law and Governance: The UN Environment – Ogoniland Case Study



Uzuazo Etemire and Menes Abinami Muzan





10. Motivating Ecological Restoration by Private Landowners through Special Purpose Districts  



Anastasia Telesetsky



11. Reconstructing the Environment: Perception and Changes in Australia's Murray-Darling River Basin



Francine Rochford



12. Reforming Restoration to Support Climate Change Adaptation



Phillipa McCormack



Index

Biography

Professor Afshin Akhtar-Khavari is at Queensland University of Technology, Australia.



Professor Benjamin J. Richardson is based at the University of Tasmania, Australia.

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