Further Reading

Protecting the Commons: A Framework for Resource Management in the Americas (Joanna Burger et al. eds., Island Press 2000)

The Environment, Sustainable Development and Public Studies: Building Sustainability in Brazil (Clóvis Cavalcanti ed., Edward Elgar 2000)

Sustainable Forest Management and Global Climate Change: Selected Case Studies from the Americas (Mohammed H. I. Dore & Ruben Guevara eds., Edward Elgar 2000)

Michael Holley, Sustainable Development in Central America: Translating Regional Environmental Accords into Domestic Enforcement Action, 25 Ecology L.Q. 89 (1998)

Lila Katz de Barrera-Hernández & Alastair R. Lucas, Environmental Law in Latin America and the Caribbean: Overview and Assessment, 12 Geo. Int’l Envtl. L. Rev. 207 (1999)

Ans Kolk, The Complexities of Environmental Regulation: The Example of the Brazilian Amazon, 11 Int’l J. Env’t & Pollution 71 (1999)

G. R. Macchiavello, Environmental Regulation in Argentina, 5 Envtl. Liability 67 (1997)

Ignacia S. Moreno et al., Free Trade and the Environment: The NAFTA, the NAAEC and Implications for the Future, 12 Tulane Envtl. L. J. 405 (1999)

Maria de Los Angeles Perez, Trends in the Development of Chilean Environmental Laws, in International Resources Law: Today’s Oil Gas & Mining Projects 10A-1 (20) (Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation 1997)

Comparative Environmental Law and Regulation (Nicholas A. Robinson ed., Oceana Publications, Inc. 1998)

Jennifer Anne Scott, Environmental Watchdogs Take A Bite Out of Chilean Foreign Investment: Mandatory Environmental Impact Statements May Affect Foreign Investment in Chile, 11 Transnat’l Law. 245 (1998)

R. Seroa Da Motta et al., Market-Based Instruments for Environmental Policymaking in Latin America and the Caribbean: Lessons from Eleven Countries, 4 Env’t & Dev. Econ. 177 (1999)

Matias F. Travieso-Diaz, Key Environmental Legislation for Cuba’s Transition Period, 21 U. Pa. J. Int’l Econ. L. 331 (2000)

Jaime Undurraga, Environmental Legislation in Chile and the Chilean-Canadian Environmental Cooperation Agreement, in International Environmental Law for Natural Resources Practitioners 7-1 (8) (Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation 1997)

Pedro Villegas, The Environmental Challenge of the Common Market in South America: REMA under Mercosur, 29 Golden Gate U. L. Rev. 445 (1999)

Relevant Sites of Interest on the Web

General

Summary Report of the First Meeting of the Environment Ministers of the Americas:

29-30 March 2001: http://www.iisd.ca/sd/ema

Hemispheric Trade and Sustainability Forum: 17-19 April 2001: http://iisd.ca/trade/qc2001

Inter-American Development Bank: http://www.iadb.org

Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE): http://www.olade.org.ec

Council of the Americas: http://www.americas-society.org

Brazil

Instituto Brasiliero do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (IBAMA): http://www2.ibama.gov.br

Ministério do Meio Ambiente: http://www.mma.gov.br

Chile

Commision Nacional del Medio Ambiente (CONAMA): http://www.conama.cl

Colombia

Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales: http://www.ideam.gov.co

Costa Rica

Ministerio de Recursos Naturales, Energía y Minas (MIRENEM): http://www.minae.go.cr

El Salvador

Ministerio de Medo Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (MARN): http://www.marn.gob.sv

Honduras

Red de Desarrollo Sostenible Honduras: http://rds.org.hn

Venezuela

Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales Renovables (MARNR): http://www.marnr.gov.ve