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Globalisation and Ecological Integrity in Science and International Law
Editor: Laura Westra, Klaus Bosselmann and Colin Soskolne
Date Of Publication: Apr 2011
Isbn13: 978-1-4438-2734-8
Isbn: 1-4438-2734-7
This volume returns to one of the major themes of the Global Ecological Integrity Group: the interface between integrity as a scientific concept and a number of important issues in ethics, international law and public health. The main scholars who have worked on these topics over the years return to re-examine these dimensions from the viewpoint of global governance.

Dr Laura Westra holds doctorates in both Philosophy and Jurisprudence, and has taught in the fields of philosophy, ethics and environmental law at several US, Canadian and Italian universities. She is the founder of the Global Ecological Integrity Group and the author/editor of 24 books, including Ecoviolence and the Law, Environmental Justice and the Rights of Unborn and Future Generations, Environmental Justice and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Environmental Justice and the Rights of Ecological Refugees, and Globalization, Violence, and World Governance.

Dr Klaus Bosselmann, born in Germany, is Professor of Law and Director of the New Zealand Centre for Environmental Law at the University of Auckland. He is currently Chair of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law Ethics Specialist Group. Among his numerous books are Im Namen der Natur, When Two Worlds Collide, Environmental Justice and Market Mechanisms, Environmental Law for a Sustainable Society and The Principle of Sustainability.

Dr Colin Soskolne is based in the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. He holds a doctorate in Epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania. His prior training was in the country of his birth, South Africa, at the University of the Witwatersrand. His interdisciplinary background led to his editorial role in Sustaining Life on Earth: Environmental and Human Health through Global Governance. He has published over 350 other books, papers and shorter communications. He currently serves as president of the Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics.

“This book constitutes an aim for building a new world that fosters human wellbeing and social stability while enhancing the integrity, resilience and beauty of ecosystems with an emphasis on fairness, respect and concern with the spiritual. It is a combination of questions and answers that outlines what each of us can do to set the path for a promising future.”

—Sheila Abed, IUCN, Chair of CEL

“This year’s [Global Ecological Integrity Group] collection provides an indispensable guide to the the full sweep of ecological integrity, building from its scientific and ethical underpinnings to a prophetic vision of its applications in sustainability governance. It plumbs the depths of ecological integrity in its scientific, ethical, human health, and governance dimensions. The volume offers a comprehensive treatment of what is surely the central challenge to humanity’s future—restoring nature to its central role as the moral and physical force behind sustainability.”

—Professor J. B. Ruhl, Matthews & Hawkins Professor of Property, Florida State University College of Law, USA

“This important collection of insightful contributions from scholars representing the sciences, social science, humanities, and the law thoroughly examines how ecological integrity plays a central role as humankind pursues its goal of attaining a sustainable future based on principles of equity, fairness, morality, and justice.”

—Professor Ved P. Nanda, Evans Distinguished University Professor, University of Denver, USA

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