Reimagining Conservation Paradigms: Stewardship, Rights, and the Environment
This Special Edition issue focuses on some of the cases and brings to light other issues which will be the subject of upcoming programs and policy initiatives.
International Law News, Fall 2022
Volume 50, Issue 1
Features
Sudden Leap Into Darkness: The Case of Maasai Exclusion and Marginalization in Ngorongoro, Northern Tanzania
Ngorongoro, a World Heritage Site, Man and Biosphere Reserve, Global Geopark by UNESCO, and home for over 80,000 Maasai is under siege. The pressure against the Maasai is largely influenced by the po…
Balancing Environmental Protection with Indigenous Rights: The Creation of Conservation Refugees
This article will discuss the ongoing challenges to finding a balance in conserving all the various categories of biodiversity, and the lack of attention given to the human element of protecting land…
Does the International Cultural Heritage System Adequately Protect Minority and Indigenous Rights?
Flawed policies and the often erroneous data they are built upon have influenced the international dialog on cultural heritage and encouraged international bodies including the U.N. and UNESCO to pla…
Counterpoint: Does the International Cultural Heritage System Adequately Protect Minority and Indigenous Rights?
The 1970 UNESCO Convention remains the primary international convention governing the trade in cultural property. Some question whether it is the best legal tool for the next 50 years and whether it…
A Transnational Legal Framework to Combat Wildlife Crime
Wildlife crime threatens security, political stability, economic prosperity, biodiversity, ecosystems, species survival, health and well-being, and the rule of law.
Trouble in Eden: Forced Evictions, Crimes Against Humanity, and Genocide
Conservation must be re-evaluated to strike a balance between human rights and the environment. Otherwise, the aims of the international community in protecting the environment and promoting human ri…
The Beleaguered Batwas: Conservation Refugees
Over the past fifty years, the lives of the Batwa, among the oldest surviving indigenous tribes in Africa, have changed irreparably because they were evicted from their habitats for purported conserv…
Achieving a Sustainable Future for All via Non-Traditional Actors
The Global Goals and the 2030 Agenda present an avenue for engaging non-traditional actors as a significant force for solving major global challenges like climate change and realizing treaty obligati…
A Crossborder Waterway (or Not): The North Crimean Canal's Place in Russia's Ukraine Invasion
The North Crimean Canal was built during the Soviet era to deliver water from the Dnieper River in Ukraine to the Crimean Peninsula on the Black Sea. When constructed in the 1960s, the Canal was loca…