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Rethinking global environmental law and governance in the Antrhopocene
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)
The word Anthropocene describes a new geological epoch that follows the Holocene epoch. It is the signifier of the period in which people have a devastating and overwhelming impact on the earth and its systems. The ...
The Heat is on: local government and climate governance in South Africa
(Cambridge University press, 2014)
Departing from the fact that climate change poses localized effects, this article crit-
ically considers from a legal perspective the role of local authorities in the South
African government’s response ...
A Gold Rush to Nowhere? The rights-based approach to environmental governance in South Africa’s mining sector in question
(Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2014)
In this article we focus on the impact that the mining industry has had, and continues to have, on the environment in South Africa. The country is renowned for its mineral wealth and the mining sector continues to significantly ...
`n Ontleding van die Suid-Afrikaanse regsraamwerk met betrekking tot die omgewingsaspekte van breking in die karoo.
(Litnet Akademies, 2014)
Aardgas word toenemend deur middel van die proses van hidrouliese breking (hierna breking) ontgin. Die Suid-Afrikaanse owerheid het op 7 September 2012 die nasionale moratorium op aansoeke om prospektering van aardgas ...
Oorgrens-biodiversiteitsregulering in die Antroposeen
(Litnet Akademies, 2014)
Hierdie artikel bou voort op 'n aantekening wat ek in 2013 in LitNet Akademies gepubliseer het. Dit handel met die Antroposeen wat deesdae algemeen, alhoewel nog nie formeel nie, aanvaar word as 'n nuwe geologiese epog ...
Volhoubare ontwikkeling, omgewingskonstitusionalisme en die oppergesag van die reg vir die omgewing : 'n grondwetlike beskouing
(Litnet Akademies, 2014)
Volhoubare ontwikkeling bly die wyds aanvaarde konseptuele hulpmiddel om die wêreldsamelewing die moeilike groei- en ontwikkelingsdoolhof te lei. Maar net soos in die res van die wêreld oorheers die politiek en neoliberale ...