17 research outputs found
Preservation of wildlife in semiarid areas
Caldwell Lynton keith. Preservation of wildlife in semiarid areas . In: La Terre et La Vie, Revue d'Histoire naturelle, tome 12, n°4, 1958. pp. 323-325
Population and Global Security (Environmental Challenges II), Edited by Nicholas Polunin & Mohammad Nazim. The Foundation for Environmental Conservation, Geneva, Switzerland, and Energy and Environment Society of Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan: Limited Geneva Edition for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and others: price US 25 for institutions (in both cases post-free) from the Foundation's Agent, Box 1632, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, 1994, xi + 285 pp., illustr.
Norms from the periphery: tracing the rise of the common but differentiated principle in international environmental politics
Over the last three decades, constructivist scholars of international relations have created a rich body of literature on the influence of global norms. Until recently, the vast majority of that work focused on norms originating in the developed world and neglected the ideational impact of developing countries. This article confronts this oversight in the literature by tracing the rise of the “common but differentiated responsibility” (CBDR) norm in international environmental politics. The CBDR principle traces its origins to the developing world and today it is part of the framework principles of international environmental agreements. Thus, it represents a global norm promoted by, rather than diffused to, the developing world. In the process of tracing this norm’s rise, this article generates a set of hypotheses about the conditions under which developing countries create global norms