1st Edition

Quotas in International Environmental Agreements

By Amanda Wolf Copyright 1997
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

Quotas have been used in international environmental agreements for at least a century and, in tandem with incentive approaches, should continue to be crucial to realizing a sustainable environment. This text is a critical examination of quotas both as regulatory tools and as products of negotiation. It reviews the main features of environmental problems, the regulatory options and criteria used... Read more
Part I: International Environmental Problems and the Negotiated Choice of Policy Mechanisms - Introduction * Environmental Problems and the Negotiation Context * Policy Mechanisms for Addressing International Environmental Problems * Choosing a Policy Mechanism * Part II: Quotas in Conservation and Pollution Agreements - Introduction * Fisheries * Conserving of Living and Non-Living Resources * Freshwater and Marine Pollution * Air Pollution Part III: Assessment and Prospects - Introduction * Negotiating Quotas: an Assessment * Constrained Local Quotas * Prospects * Endnotes * References * Index

Biography

Amanda Wolf is a lecturer in Public Policy at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.