Patricia Kameri-Mbote

Land use law for sustainable development

This volume, the proceedings of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law 2004 Nairobi Colloquium, surveys global experience in implementing land use policies along the sustainable development continuum. Some chapters discuss the challenges of implementing sustainable land use policies in different regions, revealing problems common to all jurisdictions and highlighting other more unique obstacles to sustainability. Other contributions address new approaches to sustainable land use, such as reforms to property rights regimes and environmental law. Comparative approaches enrich the analysis.

The Development of Biosafety Regulation in Africa in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol: Legal and Administrative Issues

The coming into force of the Biosafety Protocol (the Protocol) charts out a new direction in the growth and development of modern biotechnology. It is a timely and vital development given that in a very short timeframe, transgenic croplands have increased rapidly from zero in 1995 to 39.9 million hectares in 1999. Adoption rates to these transgenic crops have increased more than 23 times between 1996 and 1999. 1 Most of these have taken place in the industrial countries of the USA, Canada and Australia, and the developing countries of Argentina, China, Mexico and South Africa. 2 This decade will witness many African countries adopting and commercializing transgenic crops. However, efforts to invest have to be guided by sound mechanisms for assessing risks and benefits. This is crucial to enable African governments to make informed choices and decisions.

Access to Justice: Evaluating Law, Health and Human Rights Programmes in Kenya

In Kenya, human rights violations have a marked impact on the health of people living with HIV. Integrating legal literacy and legal services into healthcare appears to be an effective strategy to empower vulnerable groups and address underlying determinants of health.

Gender, Rights and Development: An East African Perspective

Abstract The article problematises legal issues surrounding womens rights to land and related resources. It avers that in a plural legal context, there is need to engage all forms of law if law is to be an effective medium for challenging gendered notions of access to, control over and ownership of property. This is a key challenge in East African countries seeking to frame property and natural resource policies and laws that promote development.

Land Use Law for Sustainable Development: Frontmatter

This volume, the proceedings of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law 2004 Nairobi Colloquium, surveys global experience in implementing land use policies along the sustainable development continuum. Some chapters discuss the challenges of implementing sustainable land use policies in different regions, revealing problems common to all jurisdictions and highlighting other more unique obstacles to sustainability. Other contributions address new approaches to sustainable land use, such as reforms to property rights regimes and environmental law. Comparative approaches enrich the analysis.

Land Use Law for Sustainable Development: NATIONAL APPROACHES TO LAND USE PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

This volume, the proceedings of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law 2004 Nairobi Colloquium, surveys global experience in implementing land use policies along the sustainable development continuum. Some chapters discuss the challenges of implementing sustainable land use policies in different regions, revealing problems common to all jurisdictions and highlighting other more unique obstacles to sustainability. Other contributions address new approaches to sustainable land use, such as reforms to property rights regimes and environmental law. Comparative approaches enrich the analysis.