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Wilderness Protection in Europe

The Role of International, European and National Law

Kees Bastmeijer (Universiteit van Tilburg, The Netherlands)

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English
Cambridge University Press
14 April 2016
Europe still retains large areas which play host to numerous native and free-functioning ecosystems and lack roads, buildings, bridges, cables and other permanent manifestations of modern society. In the past such areas were considered wastelands, whose value lay only in their potential for cultivation and economic exploitation. Today, these wilderness areas are increasingly cherished as places for rest and recreation, and as important areas for scientific research, biodiversity conservation and the mitigation of and adaptation to certain climate change effects. This book provides the first major appraisal of the role of international, European and domestic law in protecting the remaining wilderness areas and their distinguishing qualities in Europe. It also highlights the lessons that can be learned from the various international, regional and national approaches, identifies obstacles to wilderness protection in Europe and considers whether and how the legal protection of wilderness can be further advanced.

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Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 35mm
Weight:   1.040kg
ISBN:   9781107057890
ISBN 10:   1107057892
Pages:   658
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Kees Bastmeijer is Professor of Nature Conservation and Water Law at Universiteit van Tilburg, The Netherlands, and a visiting professor at the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His research focuses on the role of international, European, and domestic law in protecting nature, with a particular interest in nature conservation in the Polar Regions, relationships between law and philosophical human-nature attitudes, property rights and nature, and the role of law in protecting wilderness.

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