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Deforestation
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Environmental Law Prof Blog
Top Comparative Environmental Law Film
When it comes to films that relate to comparative environmental law, the pickings are slim. But there is one film that stands out for me: They Killed Sister Dorothy. Sister…
International Law Prof Blog
May 22 is Biological Diversity Day
May 22 is the International Day for Biological Diversity. UN Secretary Ban Ki Moon is using the day to highlight concerns about deforestation and is urging the 193 States Parties to…
Land Use Prof Blog
International perspective: land use law and property in the Amazon
When I was kid in the 1970s, I thought that if I really wanted to get out of going to school, I could head for the Brazilian Amazon, which…
Land Use Prof Blog
More land put to the plow … and more problems …
With the dollar plummeting and the reputation of the United States at a low point throughout much of the world, in which ways is the United States still the…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Its too darn hot — even for the rainforests!
Nature news.com published a report by Michael Hopkin online 10 August 2007 (doi:10.1038/news070806-13) that rising global temperatures will stunt rainforest growth, thus exacerabating global warming. This is one of the…
PropertyProf Blog
Alix-Garcia on Common Property Deforestation
By propertyprof
Jennifer Alix-Garcia (University of Montana, Dep't of Economics) has posted A Spatial Analysis of Common Property Deforestation on SSRN. Here's the abstract: This paper develops and tests a theory of…
Land Use Prof Blog
The international debate over use vs. preservation …
[Global Saturday] It's happening all over the world -- While environmentalists implore third world nations to preserve their natural resources, governments and local residents see quick profits from using the…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Amazon Deforestation Twice the Level Previously Reported
A study by Asner, et al, reported in Science yesterday used new satellite reconnaisance techniques to detect smaller, selective cuts in the Amazon forests. The new data indicates that annual…