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Journal of Environmental Law and Policy is an international, interdisciplinary journal that facilitates an understanding of environmental governance, policy and law issues not only by drawing upon and contributing to the environmental social sciences, but also linking the ecosystem health, natural resources, and social sciences. The aim of the journal is to promote communication among academia, government, business and industry, civil society groups, citizens’ action groups, and non-governmental organizations who are instrumental in the solving of environmental problems and grassroots level issues.
Ngozi Finette Unuigbe*
Faculty of Law & Aizenose Promise Ehizojie, University of Benin, Nigeria. Email: ngozistewart@yahoo.com | ORCID: 0000-0001-6367-0552
Aizenose Promise Ehizojie
Faculty of Law, University of Benin, Nigeria. Email: aizepromise@gmail.com | ORCID: 0000-0002-3844-6505
*Corresponding Author
Journal of Environmental Law and Policy (2021) 01(02), 1-34. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp01.02.01
Legal Support to the Protection of Land and Soil in Light of New Regulations of Ukraine
Svitlana Khominets
Department of Land and Agrarian Law, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine. Email: s.v.hominec@nlu.edu.ua | ORCID: 0000-0001-6703-7500
Journal of Environmental Law and Policy (2021) 01(02), 35-47. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp01.02.02
Exploring the Lessons of the Kimberley Process for Climate Change Action
Martin-Joe Ezeudu
Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada P7B 5E1 Email: mezeudu@lakeheadu.ca | ORCID: 0000-0003-4500-3689
Journal of Environmental Law and Policy (2021) 01(02), 48-79. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp01.02.03
Jaguar and Puma in Brazilian Semi-Arid Region – scapegoats for weak governance?
Cláudia Sofia Guerreiro Martins*
Institute for the Conservation of Neotropical Carnivores, Atibaia, SP, Brazil; Center for Ecology & Environmental Monitoring, Federal University of São Francisco Valley, Petrolina, PE, Brazil.
Email: csgmartins@gmail.com | ORCID: 0000-0003-3528-0877
Francine Schulz
Institute for the Conservation of Neotropical Carnivores, Atibaia, SP, Brazil.
Email: francine.schulz@gmail.com | ORCID: 0000-0001-6652-7305
Carolina Franco Esteves
Institute for the Conservation of Neotropical Carnivores, Atibaia, SP, Brazil.
Email: carolfesteves@gmail.com | ORCID: 0000-0003-4564-4101
Silvio Marchini
University of São Paulo, Forestry Science Department, Wildlife Ecology, Management and Conservation Laboratory, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil; Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Email: silvio.marchini@usp.br | ORCID: 0000-0002-8184-1631
* Corresponding Author
Journal of Environmental Law and Policy (2021) 01(02), 80-102. https://doi.org/10.33002/jelp01.02.04
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