BIOPOLITICS
THE BIO-ENVIRONMENT
VOLUME VIII
Racing to Save the Environment
Edited by Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis
Proceedings from:
Resolving the Environmental CrisisThe Need for an International Court of the Environment B.I.O. International Conference, Athens, January 2001
Bio-Diplomacy: A New Vision in International Relations
B.I.O. International Symposium, Athens, February 2000
Profit and the Bio-Environment
B.I.O. International Conference, Athens Money Show, June 2001
Published by the Biopolitics Inernational Organisation B.I.O. 2001
CONTENTS
Racing to Save the Environment
Biopolitics – bio-culture. A millennium vision for peace.
Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis
Resolving the Environmental Crisis
The Need for an International Court of the Environment
International Court of the Environment – need and structure
Need for an International Court of the Environment
Amedeo Postiglione
Project for an International Court of the Environment.
Origins and development.
Deirdre Exell Pirro
International Court of the Environment. Yes, but in which form?
Giovanni Conso
Environmental aspects of the Charter of the International
Criminal Court.
Ivano Iai
Business and finance
Ethical framework for the protection of the bio-environment.
Kitty P. Kyriacopoulos
Contribution of an industry to environmental protection.
Anthony Gortzis
Financing and the environment.
Constantine Kanonis
Environmental responsibilities of business. International co-operation.
Panayotis Koutsikos
International proposals
War in Yugoslavia. Environmental impact on south-east Europe.
John Hartland
Protecting the environment. A challenge on three levels.
Maggi Mikaelsson
Institutional reform of international policy. Advancing the debate
on a World Environment Organisation.
Udo Simonis
Democratic procedures as a value system for the protection
of the environment.
Harilaos Harakas
Responsibilities and penalties. The necessity for a world executive
instrument for air and water.
Francine Cousteau
Access to environmental justice
European perspectives on access to justice in environmental matters.
George Kremlis
Peaceful settlement of transnational environmental conflicts.
Why not by an International Court of the Environment?
Alfred Rest
Global justice for the environment.
John Sarmas
Resolving environmental disputes. From negotiation to adjudication.
Tjaco T. van den Hout
Resolutions
Bio-Diplomacy – a New Vision in International Relations
Bio-diplomacy in the new millennium.
Irawan Abidin
Bio-diplomacy. Recognising and solving environmental problems.
Manuel Jose Bonett
Bio-diplomacy. Speeding up the environmental revolution.
Milan Dubcek
Bio-diplomacy. The future of international relations.
David Jacobs
The bio-environment and the threats of local conflicts.
Yuryi Sergeyev
Profit and the Bio-Environment
Investing in environmental protection
Green finance and environmental investment.
Roland Werdel
International co-operation and bio-diplomacy
World diplomacy and the environment.
Mikhail Botcharnikov
Bio-diplomacy. The Hungarian experience.
Istvan Pataki
Bio-diplomacy. A road towards peace.
Achilles Exarchos
Reconciling profit and the environment.
Paul Brouwer
Industry and technology
Waste water biotechnologies.
Joachim Paul Schaefer and George Kalos
Environmental management.
George Diamantis and Andreas Nicolaou
Technology towards sustainability.
Nicholas Moussiopoulos
Technological progress for the man of the third millennium.
Samy El Gindy
Global policy
Insuring the future. Integrated management of world coastal areas.
Francine Cousteau
Legal framework. Towards an International Court of the Environment?
Tjaco T. van den Hout
Appendix
B.I.O. Profile and goals
B.I.O. Chronicle
Who’s Who in B.I.O.
B.I.O. Progress
B.I.O. Publications
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