Law, Environment and Development Centre

Description

The Law, Environment and Development Centre undertakes research in various areas of environmental law of contemporary relevance. The centre's research focuses in particular on topics of relevance to the South and to North-South relations:

• Biodiversity: access and benefit sharing; equity; farmers' rights; intellectual property rights; traditional knowledge.
• Biosafety: biotechnology, in particular agro-biotechnology in the South; precautionary principle; liability regimes.
• Climate change: common but differentiated responsibility; Clean Development Mechanism, emissions trading.
• Forests: governance, biodiversity, energy, forest users rights and trade.
• Natural resources: land; mining, plant genetic resources for food and agriculture; multinational companies.
• Sanitation: right to sanitation, wastewater, manual scavenging and sewage workers; gender.
• Water: right to water, groundwater, governance and institutions; environment; regulation and privatisation.

The centre is based in the College of Law and convenes the SOAS Environmental Justice Clinic, which gives students the opportunity to engage directly in public interest legal and policy work at the intersection of environmental protection and human rights. It co-hosts the European Research Council project Addressing the Multi-scalar Dimensions of Sectoral Water Conflicts: Lessons from South Asia (WATCON).

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School of Oriental and African Studies
London

Partner Infrastructures

ClientEarth

ClientEarth is an environmental law charity and one of the world's most ambitious environmental organisations. It uses the power of law to bring about systemic change that protects the earth for, and … read more about ClientEarth

Environmental Law Foundation (ELF)

The Environmental Law Foundation (ELF) is a national charity that secures free legal help and advice for individuals and communities facing environmental threats. It draws on in-house expertise, a net… read more about Environmental Law Foundation (ELF)

Additional Partnerships

The Wildlife Trusts; IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, USA