Biodiversity Laws, Policies and Science in Europe, the United States and China

Dr. Giovanni Antonelli is currently the Deputy Head of the Legislative Office of the Italian Ministry of culture. Previously he worked as policy officer at the Italian Ministry for Economic Development and a postdoctoral researcher at the European University Institute. His research interests concern administrative law, environmental law, climate change, European law and Institutions.

Professor Qin Tianbao is a Luojia Professor of Law and serves as the Director of the Research Institute of Environmental Law (RIEL), Associate Dean for Research and International Affiliations for the School of Law, Deputy Director of the Research Center of the Supreme Court of China on Environmental-related Cases, Professor of the China Institute of Boundary and Ocean Studies and the European Studies Centre, Wuhan University. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Journal of Environmental Law and a Member of the Compliance Committee of the Nagoya Protocol on ABS. Professor Qin is a Legislative Expert for China's Ministry of Environmental Protection, Ministry of Agriculture, and Hubei Provincial Parliament, and headed or participated in the drafting of several major environmental bills. He is an advisor for the Chinese negotiations on biodiversity, ocean and climate change issues; and he was a Legislative Expert for the UNEP's Division of Environmental Law and Conventions, and an Environmental Law Expert for several projects of International Institutions (GEF, UNDP, ADB) in China. He was the Head of the Environmental Rights Department of the Centre of Protection of Rights of Disadvantaged Citizens (CPRDC) which is a prestigious NGO for Human Rights in China. 

Professor Maria Vittoria Ferroni is a professor of administrative law and a lawyer. Her research interests include the main area of European administrative law. She is the author of several publications on the main topics of administrative law.

Professor Alex Erwin teaches and conducts research in the fields of environmental law and natural resources law. Combining his legal training with his background as a wildlife biologist, his research is situated at the intersection of environmental law, genetics, and conservation. His research to date has focused on three issues: (1) wildlife conservation and management, particularly through the lens of genetics and evolutionary biology; (2) genetic engineering and related biotechnological developments, specifically as they relate to conservation and environmental protection; and, more broadly, (3) the interplay of science, law, and policy. 

Foreword by Vannia Gava.- Foreword: Environmental Protection and Biodiversity - Legislative Policies and the Work of Public Decision Makers at the National and Supranational Levels by Silvia Fregolent.- Foreword: Green Conservatism by Francesco Giubilei.- Tackling the Unprecedented Biodiversity Loss: The International Law Response by Valériane Thool.- The Loss of Biodiversity as a Serious Environmental Threat. The Need for a New Legal Paradigm by Maria Vittoria Ferroni.- Ecosystems: Biodiversity, Climate, Agriculture, Markets. A New Holistic Approach from the European Union by Maura Mattalia.- Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services. Legal Aspects by Chiara Colognese and Nicola Granato.- Sustainable Development and Biodiversity: Hype or Hope? by Pierluigi Montalbano and Carlo Palleschi.- Biodiversity and Environmental Impact from Climate Change: Causes and Consequences by Federica Villa, Marta Cimatti, and Moreno Di Marco.- Ecosystem Services and Livestock Systems in Mountain Areas by Bruno Ronchi and Maurizio Ramanzin.- EU Soil Strategy for 2030: A Focus on Contaminated Sites and the Case of Italy by Giovanni Savarese and Marco Falconi.- Predator Law in the United States by John A. Erwin.- Aquatic Biodiversity Management in the United States by Karrigan Börk.- Stewardship of Tribal Biodiversity in the United States by Serra J. Hoagland and Steven K. Albert.- Wildlife, Science, and Law in the United States by Daniel Rohlf.- Biosafety Regulation in China: Progress and Challenges by Ancui Liu.- Legal Practice of in situ Biodiversity Conservation in China: From the Perspective of Nature Reserves by Duan Weiwei.- The Governance of Traditional Knowledge in China: Past, Current and Future by Li Yiding.- Current Situation and Future of Legislation on Precaution of Alien Species Invasion in China by Wang Luquan.- China Promotes the Practice of Participatory Biodiversity Conservation by Wu Jing.