Nature Conservation in the Anthropocene
On Tuesday, 18 December 2018, the Centre for Law & the Environment will host a seminar on the theme 鈥淣ature Conservation in the Anthropocene鈥�. The seminar will run from 4.15-6pm in G.27 O鈥橰ahilly Building, UCC. All are welcome.
The Sixth Extinction is well underway as a result of habitat loss and degradation driven by outsized human demands on natural systems. The twin dangers of global warming and ocean acidification threaten a massive pauperization of the world's biodiversity.
Existing laws and policies are not adequate to deal with these global crises. Law needs to adapt and evolve, and quickly. But how?
, Visiting Fulbright Scholar at the School of Law, UCC, will offer some ideas and welcome a robust discussion. 脕ine Ryall, Co-Director, Centre for Law & the Environment, will chair the seminar.
We look forward to an interesting exchange of views at an event that we hope will bring together a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
For anyone who would like to consider some relevant material in advance of the seminar, the following links may be of interest:
Elizabeth Kolbert (author of acclaimed book The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Henry Holt & Co, 2014):
Fred Pearce:
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