International environmental law in the Americas

Garcia, Beatriz and Pereira, Ricardo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2087-3004 2024. International environmental law in the Americas. Obregón, Liliana, Betancur-Restrepo, Laura and Amaya-Castro, Juan, eds. The Oxford Handbook on International Law and the Americas, Oxford University Press, online. (10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197661062.013.27)

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Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of the origins, evolution, and implementation of international environmental law in the Americas. Following the process of decolonization, countries in the Americas started to adopt bilateral and regional treaties to address the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. However, certain areas, such as forest conservation, remain primarily regulated through national laws. Currently, climate change and other global environmental concerns have become integral to the policy agendas of regional institutions in the Americas. Nonetheless, regional environmental cooperation tends to occur in a fragmented, and often ineffective, manner. This can be attributed to the lack of an overarching regional environmental treaty or organization and the presence of numerous regional and subregional organizations that focus on specific species or ecosystems.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Law
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General) K Law > KZ Law of Nations
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISBN:	9780197661062
Last Modified:	08 Aug 2024 10:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/154018

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