“This is a timely, comprehensive contribution to the literature and practice at
the nexus of international environmental law and human rights, that boldly
addresses critical questions on the sovereignty and stewardship of biodiversity
across a broad range of regional perspectives.”
Elisa Morgera, Professor of Global Environmental Law,
University of Strathclyde Law School, Glasgow,
United Kingdom
“Environmental jurisprudence over the last two decades has been radically transformed. This epistemic shift is symbolized by the waning of the ideas of ownership and the ascent ideas of stewardship when it comes to lands and w aters. The
shift has been the result of a growing realization that the dominant discourse of
private property has played a key role in the collapse of ecosystems and changing climate. Confronted with the existential question of survival of our species,
communities, activists and academics have begun to ask ontological questions
regarding the nature of the juridical subject. Specifically, what does it mean
to be human and what is our relationship to the natural world. The book you
have in your hands is a glorious map of stories, histories and analyses of what is
arguably the most critical conversation of the Anthropocene. It consists of riveting essays by some of the best contemporary cartographers of political ecology.
It is metacognition at its finest and I urge you to read it and let it transform you.”
Sanjay Kabir Bavikatte, Co-founder of Natural Justice,
Lawyers for Communities and the Environment and author of
Stewarding the Earth: Rethinking Property and the
Emergence of Biocultural Rights
“In the late 1980s, Darrell Posey and others made the world aware of the
inextricable link between biological and cultural diversity. This suggested
the possibility of new legal and ethical frameworks, and broad-based actions
especially at local level. This exceptional volume builds on Dr Posey’s visionary
work, showcasing the latest thinking on ‘bioculturalism’, an issue whose positive
resolution all of us has a major stake in.”
Dr Graham Dutfield, Professor of International
Governance, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
the nexus of international environmental law and human rights, that boldly
addresses critical questions on the sovereignty and stewardship of biodiversity
across a broad range of regional perspectives.”
Elisa Morgera, Professor of Global Environmental Law,
University of Strathclyde Law School, Glasgow,
United Kingdom
“Environmental jurisprudence over the last two decades has been radically transformed. This epistemic shift is symbolized by the waning of the ideas of ownership and the ascent ideas of stewardship when it comes to lands and w aters. The
shift has been the result of a growing realization that the dominant discourse of
private property has played a key role in the collapse of ecosystems and changing climate. Confronted with the existential question of survival of our species,
communities, activists and academics have begun to ask ontological questions
regarding the nature of the juridical subject. Specifically, what does it mean
to be human and what is our relationship to the natural world. The book you
have in your hands is a glorious map of stories, histories and analyses of what is
arguably the most critical conversation of the Anthropocene. It consists of riveting essays by some of the best contemporary cartographers of political ecology.
It is metacognition at its finest and I urge you to read it and let it transform you.”
Sanjay Kabir Bavikatte, Co-founder of Natural Justice,
Lawyers for Communities and the Environment and author of
Stewarding the Earth: Rethinking Property and the
Emergence of Biocultural Rights
“In the late 1980s, Darrell Posey and others made the world aware of the
inextricable link between biological and cultural diversity. This suggested
the possibility of new legal and ethical frameworks, and broad-based actions
especially at local level. This exceptional volume builds on Dr Posey’s visionary
work, showcasing the latest thinking on ‘bioculturalism’, an issue whose positive
resolution all of us has a major stake in.”
Dr Graham Dutfield, Professor of International
Governance, University of Leeds, United Kingdom