Whales and elephants in international conservation law and politics : a comparative study / Ed Couzens.
2014
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Author
Title
Whales and elephants in international conservation law and politics : a comparative study / Ed Couzens.
Published
Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014.
Call Number
K3525 .C68 2014
ISBN
9780415659055 (hbk : alk. paper)
0415659051 (hbk : alk. paper)
9780203075333 (ebk : alk. paper)
0415659051 (hbk : alk. paper)
9780203075333 (ebk : alk. paper)
Description
vii, 244 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)837146696
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-237) and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements and dedications
ix
1.
Introduction
1
2.
Multilateral environmental treaties
5
2.1.
Environmental treaties in the modern world
5
2.2.
Environmental treaties generally
10
2.3.
The Bering Sea Fur Seals Arbitration
11
2.4.
Early conventions and categorisation of species
14
3.
The first old watchdog: the ICRW
19
3.1.
The early history
19
3.2.
A sea change in attitude
25
3.3.
The moratorium
41
3.4.
The philosophical battle
47
3.5.
The IWC and CITES
55
3.6.
Entering the twenty-first century
71
3.7.
A victory for the pro-whaling side
80
3.8.
The `Future of the IWC' begins
85
3.9.
Possibilities for change
93
3.10.
Things almost fall apart
98
3.11.
Things go back to `normal'
102
3.12.
Considering the position
104
3.13.
More than mere diplomacy: Sea Shepherd and Japan's scientific research whaling
112
3.14.
International litigation and scientific research whaling
113
4.
The second old watchdog: CITES
121
4.1.
Creation
121
4.2.
Nature
122
4.3.
Effectiveness
126
5.
CITES and elephants
131
5.1.
East Africa, ivory and the 1989 CITES CoP
131
5.2.
The next CoPs
139
5.3.
CITES and the African elephant
141
5.4.
CITES, the African elephant and whales
142
5.5.
Subsequent CoPs
145
5.6.
Good CoP, bad CoP, compromise CoP
148
5.7.
Recent CoPs
152
6.
The IWC, CITES and whaling
155
6.1.
Downlisting proposals
155
6.2.
Further downlisting proposals
160
6.3.
A change of approach
164
7.
Conservation of elephants and whales
167
7.1.
Conservation's `poster children'
167
7.2.
African viewpoints: Eastern and Southern
168
7.3.
South Africa and conservation
173
8.
Sovereignty and environmental damage
176
8.1.
Sovereignty
176
8.2.
The `tragedy of the commons'
180
8.3.
The tragedy of overfishing
181
9.
Different palates: Oriental and Occidental
187
10.
Biodiversity
191
10.1.
The importance of biodiversity
191
10.2.
Whales, elephants and the `ecosystem approach'
192
10.3.
The CBD
199
11.
ICRW/IWC membership
203
12.
Special animals and links between species
206
13.
Toward a conclusion
214
13.1.
The battle and the war
214
13.2.
In my view
216
14.
In black and white and shades of grey: recommendations
220
14.1.
The problem
220
14.2.
Recommendations
221
References
228
Index
238