Subjects:

International Law, Germany, Environmental Law, Other Jurisdictions , China

Contents:

Preface. About the Authors. China's Sustainable Development Strategy and International Cooperation on Environment

Z. Kunmin, W. Can. Enforcing International Environmental Law: A German and European Perspective on National Implementation

E. Schmidt-Asmann. The Convention on Biodiversity: Obligations and Enforcement Mechanisms

R. Wolfrum. Perspectives on Wildlife Conservation: A Critical Assessment of the Relevant International Treaties and EC Instruments

U. Beyerlin. Forest Policy, Law and Public Participation in China

W. Xi. The Protection of Marine Living Resources -- The 1995 Agreement on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks

D. Konig. UN Convention to Combat Desertification, and Prevention and Control of Desertification in China

T. Zhenghua. International Protection of the Soil

R. Wolfrum. Tradable Emission Certificates as a Mechanism for National Compliance Under the UNFCCC

M. Bothe. The Kyoto Protocol to the Convention on Climate Change: Commitments, Implementation and Mechanisms

L. Zhenmin. Implementation of the Basel Convention on Hazardous Wastes in the European Community and Germany: Improvement or Impediment of its Enforcement? H. Hohmann. Implementation of the Basel Convention in China

B. Tao. The Relation Between International Agreements for the Protection of the Environment and the GATT

N. Matz. Settlement of Disputes over TREMs in the WTO, and Environmental Challenges to China's Foreign Trade

Z. Ruosi. Index.

Although all states agree that sustainable development must be provided for at the international level, it is still impossible to foresee which environmental problems are to be dealt with by the community of States rather than by states individually. The all-important debate over the development of specific measures enforceable under international law is just beginning. This book takes a major step in the progress of that debate toward a genuine global commitment to the protection of the earth and of future generations. The essays represent a confluence of expert scholarly opinion on this vital subject in two of the world's most populous and powerful countries. The outcome of a symposium in Beijing in September 1999, organized jointly by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the German Research Association, the book emphasizes the urgent need for international co-ooperation without losing sight of the inevitable restrictions on state sovereignty inherent in solving environmental problems.