Developing World and the Environment

Rajendra Ramlogan obtained his B.A. in English Literature from the University of the West Indies, Trinidad. He graduated with an LLB from the University of the West Indies, Trinidad, and completed his LEC at the Sir Hugh Wooding Law School. Ramlogan graduated from the New York University School of Law with his LLM in International Legal Studies and received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. Dr. Ramlogan is a lecturer in the Department of Management Studies, University of the West Indies, Trinidad.

• Chapter 1 List of TablesChapter 2 List of FiguresChapter 3 AcknowledgmentsChapter 4 List of AbbreviationsChapter 5 The Emerging ConflictChapter 6 The Philosophical Bases of Modern Environmentalism: Conservation; Protectionism/Preservationism; Sustainable DevelopmentChapter 7 Factors Influencing the Rise of Environmentalism: Science; Media; Scholarship; Spectacular Environmental Events of the 20th Century; Non-Governmental Organizations; Green PoliticsChapter 8 Global Interdependency and Environmentalism, International Security, the Global Economy, Refugees and Health: Environmentalism and International Security; The International Economy and the Environment; The Environment and Human Health; EnvironmentalChapter 9 The Environment and Developing Countries: Making Impossible Choices: Poverty; Development; Poverty, Development, and the Environment; Militarization and the Developing World; NepotismChapter 10 Rethinking the Traditional Approach to International Lawmaking: Sources of International Environmental Law; The Limits of International Law and the Environmental Dilemma; All-Embracing Versus Sectoral Approach; The Use of the General to Specific AppChapter 11 Charting the Future with a Revolutionary Institutional and Legal Response: The Institutional Response; Need for a New International Institution; Pursuing the Legislative AgendaChapter 12 Index