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Current Staff Editors

Shawkat Alam
Tel: +(61 2) 9850-8890
Fax: +(61 2) 9850 7686
Email:  shawkat.alam@mq.edu.au

Paul Govind
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Volume 1 No 1, 2004

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ARTICLES

Alfred Rest
Enhanced Implementation of International Environmental Treaties by Judiciary - Access to Justice in International Environmental Law for Individuals and NGOs: Efficacious Enforcement by the Permanent Court of Arbitration
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Katie O'Bryan
The Appropriation of Indigenous Ecological Knowledge: Recent Australian Developments
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Douglas J R Moodie
The Cautious 'Frankenfish': Environmental Protection and Other Canadian Regulatory Issues Relating to Transgenic Fish
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Annie Lin Jin Tsui
Australian Regulation of Gene Technology: Impacts on Biodiversity
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COMMENTARY

Paul Kuruk
Cultural Heritage, Traditional Knowledge and Indigenous Rights: An Analysis of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intengible Cultural Heritage
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BOOK REVIEW

Michael Jeffery QC
Climate Change in New Zealand: Scientific and Legal Assessments
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Volume 1 No 2, 2004

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ARTICLES

David K Leary
Bioprospecting and the Genetic Resources of Hydrothermal Vents on the High Seas: What is the Existing Legal Position, Where are we Heading and What are our Options?
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Meinhard Doelle
Climate Change and Human Rights: The Role of the International Human Rights in Motivating States to Take Climate Change Seriously
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Liesbeth Peeters
Square Peg, Round Hole Jurisdiction over Minerals Mining Offshore Antarctica
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Laura Horn
The Implications of the Concept of Common Concern of Humankind on a Human Right to a Healthy Environment
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COMMENTARY

Claire Vines
'It's Not Easy Being Green' - The Illusion of 'Green' and Environmentally Protective Provisions within the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
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BOOK REVIEW

Susan Shearing
The Disappearing 'Asian' City: Protecting Asia's Urban Heritage in a Globalizing World
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Volume 2 No 1, 2005

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ARTICLES

Steven Freeland and Julie Drysdale
Co-Operation or Chaos? - Article 65 of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Future of the International Whaling Commission
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Elaine Johnson
The Interface between Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development: Implications for India
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Liza D Fallon and Lorne K Kriwoken
Environmental Impact Assessment under the Protocol on Environment Protection to the Antarctic Treaty and Australian Legislation
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Michael I Jeffery QC
Environmental Ethics and Sustainable Development: Ethical and Human Rights Issues in Implementing Indigenous Rights
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Shawkat Alam and Rafiqul Islam
The Trade-Environment Interface: Issues Lurking Behind the North-South Tensions
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Volume 2 No 2, 2005

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EDITORIAL NOTE

Michael Jeffery, QC
Report of IUCN Academy of Environmental Law
Annexure A - Kofi A Annan, Secretary General, United Nations
Annexure B - Macquarie Statement
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ARTICLES

Werner Scholz
Animal Culling: A Sustainable Approach or Anthropocentric Atrocity?: Issues of Biodiversity and Custodial Soveignty
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Donna Craig and Michael Davis
Ethical Relationships for Biodiversity Research and Benefit-Sharing with Indigenous Peoples
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Klaus Bosselmann
Achieving the Goal and Missing the Target: New Zealand's Implementation of the Kyoto Protocol
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Erika J Techera
Protected Area Management in Vanuatu
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BOOK REVIEWS

Michael Jeffery, QC
The Yearbook of European Environmental Law
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David Leary
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive
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Volume 3 No 1, 2006

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ARTICLES

Joseph Chun
Beyond Real Estate: Sowing the Legal Seeds for an Ethical Public Land Stewardship in Singapore
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Susan Shearing
One Step Forward? Recent Developments in Australian State and Territory Indigenous Cultural Heritage Laws
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Tom Baxter
Legal Protection for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
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Renee Garner
Regulating a National Emissions Trading System within Australia: Constitutional Limitations
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Rhys Manley
Developmental Perspectives on the TRIPs and Traditional Knowledge Debate
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Volume 3 No 2, 2006

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EDITORIAL NOTE

Michael Jeffery, QC
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ARTICLES

Andrew Hutchinson
Baleen Out the IWC: Is International Litigation an Effective Strategy for Halting the Japanese Scientific Whaling Program?
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Kim Bauer
Social Equity and the New Right: Internal Tensions in the New Zealand Planning System
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Abdullah Al Faruque and Md Zakir Hossain
Regulation Vs Self Regulation in Extractive Industries: A Level Playing Field
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David Randle
The Provision of Economic Resources for the Convention on Biological Diversity - An Endangered Species
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Mark Beaufoy
Is the Law of the Sea Ready for Nuclear Leasing?
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Yvette Jackson
Evolutionary Spiral in the Development of Environmental Ethics
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BOOK REVIEW

Michael Jeffery, QC
Environmental Law for Sustainability
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Volume 4 No 1, 2007

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ARTICLES

Erika J Techera
Protection of Cultural Heritage in Times of Armed Conflict: The International Legal Framework Revisited 
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Alexandra Carleton
Piracy in the Modern Age: Reviewing the Mechanisms which Combat Pillage
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Kheng-Lian Koh 
Asian Environmental Protection in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development: Convergence Versus Divergence?
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Jane Scanlon 
An Appraisal of the NSW Biobanking Scheme to Promote the Goal of Sustainable Development in NSW
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Volume 4 No 2, 2007

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ARTICLES

Juliette Overland
Corporate Social Responsibility in Context: The Case for Compulsory Sustainability Disclosure for Listed Public Companies in Australia 
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Thomas Garry
Water Markets and Water Lessons in the United States: Lessons from Australia
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Paul Govind 
The Role of the Public as a Regulatory Actor in the Context of Climate Change Regulation 
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Maureen Papas 
The Proposed Governance Framework for the Murray-Darling Basin 
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BOOK REVIEW

Erika J Techera 
The Forest Wars
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Volume 5 No 1, 2008

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ARTICLES

Rose Mwebaza
Regulating the Environment in the European Union: A Critical Review of the General Law of European Union External Environmental Relations
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Brett Buchheit and Matthew Mansfield
The Global Water Crisis: Impending Disaster and the Road to Collapse
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Abdul Ghafur Hamid @ Khin Maung Sein and Nik Ahmad Kamal Nik Mahmod
The WTO Rules Versus Multilateral Environmental Agreements: The Search For Reconciliation
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Tamzyn Chapman
Corroboree Shield: A Comparative Historical Analysis of (The Lack of) International, National and State Level Indigenous Cultural Heritage Protection
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Xiaodong Tou
The Transboundary Movement of Harmful Wastes and the Transformation of Traditional State Responsibility
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BOOK REVIEW

Donna Craig
Biodiversity Conservation, Law + Livelihoods Bridging the North-South Divide
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Volume 6 (double edition), 2009

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EDITORIAL NOTES

Judith Preston
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ARTICLES

Paul A Barresi
The Right To An Ecologically Unimpaired Environment As A Strategy For Achieving Environmentally Sustainable Human Societies Worldwide.

Nikolaos E Farantouris
The International And Eu Legal Framework For The Protection Of Wetlands With Particular Reference To The Mediterranean Basin
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Md Saiful Karim
Implementation Of The Marpol Convention In Bangladesh
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Johanna Lindqvist
Reindeer Herding: A Traditional Indigenous Livelihood
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Brian J Preston
Water And Ecologically Sustainable Development In The Courts
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Matthew Rimmer
The Sorcerer II Expedition: Intellectual Property And Biodiscovery
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Mark Shepheard & Professor Paul Martin
The Multiple Meanings and Practical Problems With Making A Duty Of Care Work For Stewardship In Agriculture
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Shobha Kumari Yadav and Koh Kheng Lian
The Management Of Persistent Organic Pollutants In Nepal
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BOOK REVIEW

Elise Trask
Environmental & Planning Law In New South Wales (2nd Edition)
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