Ecological Law in Practice

Geoffrey Garver is part-time Professor at Concordia University, Montreal, and Research Associate and Course Lecturer at McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

1. Introduction Geoffrey Garver 2. Overview of Ecological Law Case Studies Geoffrey Garver Nine Case Studies Part I Development projects 3. A proposed phosphate mine and fertilizer plant in Anitápolis, Brazil Cristiane Derani, Gabriela Pinheiro, Adrian Amaral, Ângela Maria Konrath and Taisi Copetti 4. Ecological law and Quartier Dix30, Canada’s first “Lifestyle Centre” Geoffrey Garver Part II Wild plants and animals 5. Human impacts on Posidonia oceanica in the Mediterranean Sea: Bringing together ecological law and green criminology Esteban Morelle-Hungría and Pablo Serra-Palao 6. We are all in the same pod: How ecological law can revitalise the Southern Resident Orcas Rosalind Warner and Kriss Kevorkian Part III Restoration of damaged sites and ecosystems 7. Restoration, protection, and legal personhood of River Ethiope in Nigeria Irikefe Dafe, Geoffrey Garver, Ngozi Finette Unuigbe and Grant Wilson 8. Ecological restoration at three Australian regulatory sites: Opportunities for a law beyond the human? Emille Boulot and Joshua Sterlin Part IV International engagements 9. Ecological trade in North America: A radical transformation of CUSMA-USMCA Geoffrey Garver and Carla Sbert 10. Ecological law and marine biodiversity on the High Seas Sarah Reiter and Dillon Post Part V Community and civil society engagements 11. Intergenerational justice, right to healthy environment and rights of nature: The role of German civil society in the transition to ecological law Stefan Knauss Synthesis and Conclusion Geoffrey Garver