Ed Couzens holds the degrees of BA Hons LLB (Wits), LLM Environmental Law (Natal and Nottingham) and PhD (KZN). He is an Attorney of the High Court, South Africa; and, at time of writing, an Associate Professor in the School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. He is rated as an 'established researcher' by the National Research Foundation of South Africa for the years 2013–2018; has been an Assistant Editor on the South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy since 2001; and has been a co-editor of the University of Eastern Finland/United Nations Environment Programme International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review since 2006. He is also a qualified field guide in South Africa.

"Couzens' work is a lasting and most valuable contribution to the continuing debate on whale and elephant conservation regimes, which no future study of the topic can afford to overlook" - Peter H. Sand, in International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics (March 2015)

• 1. Introduction 2. Multilateral Environmental Treaties 3. The First Old Watchdog: the ICRW 4. The Second Old Watchdog: CITES 5. CITES and Elephants 6. The IWC, CITES and Whaling 7. Conservation of Elephants and Whales 8. Sovereignty and Environmental Damage 9. Different Palates: Oriental and Occidental 10. Biodiversity 11. ICRW/IWC Membership 12. Special Animals and Links between Species 13. Toward a Conclusion 14. In Black and White and Shades of Grey: Recommendations

Ed Couzens holds the degrees of BA Hons LLB (Wits), LLM Environmental Law (Natal and Nottingham) and PhD (KZN). He is an Attorney of the High Court, South Africa; and, at time of writing, an Associate Professor in the School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. He is rated as an 'established researcher' by the National Research Foundation of South Africa for the years 2013–2018; has been an Assistant Editor on the South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy since 2001; and has been a co-editor of the University of Eastern Finland/United Nations Environment Programme International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review since 2006. He is also a qualified field guide in South Africa.

"Couzens' work is a lasting and most valuable contribution to the continuing debate on whale and elephant conservation regimes, which no future study of the topic can afford to overlook" - Peter H. Sand, in International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics (March 2015)

• 1. Introduction 2. Multilateral Environmental Treaties 3. The First Old Watchdog: the ICRW 4. The Second Old Watchdog: CITES 5. CITES and Elephants 6. The IWC, CITES and Whaling 7. Conservation of Elephants and Whales 8. Sovereignty and Environmental Damage 9. Different Palates: Oriental and Occidental 10. Biodiversity 11. ICRW/IWC Membership 12. Special Animals and Links between Species 13. Toward a Conclusion 14. In Black and White and Shades of Grey: Recommendations

Ed Couzens holds the degrees of BA Hons LLB (Wits), LLM Environmental Law (Natal and Nottingham) and PhD (KZN). He is an Attorney of the High Court, South Africa; and, at time of writing, an Associate Professor in the School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. He is rated as an 'established researcher' by the National Research Foundation of South Africa for the years 2013–2018; has been an Assistant Editor on the South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy since 2001; and has been a co-editor of the University of Eastern Finland/United Nations Environment Programme International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review since 2006. He is also a qualified field guide in South Africa.

"Couzens' work is a lasting and most valuable contribution to the continuing debate on whale and elephant conservation regimes, which no future study of the topic can afford to overlook" - Peter H. Sand, in International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics (March 2015)

• 1. Introduction 2. Multilateral Environmental Treaties 3. The First Old Watchdog: the ICRW 4. The Second Old Watchdog: CITES 5. CITES and Elephants 6. The IWC, CITES and Whaling 7. Conservation of Elephants and Whales 8. Sovereignty and Environmental Damage 9. Different Palates: Oriental and Occidental 10. Biodiversity 11. ICRW/IWC Membership 12. Special Animals and Links between Species 13. Toward a Conclusion 14. In Black and White and Shades of Grey: Recommendations