Watch: The World Commission on Environmental Law Webinar
The Environmental Liability & Biodiversity Webinar is now available online. In 2021, colleagues across 5 continents - from Brazil to Indonesia - discussed how liability laws could be used to remedy harm to biodiversity. Hosted by the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law, Environmental Law Institute, International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement and Lancaster University, this global webinar included judges, practitioners and researchers to explore the scope and potential for conservation litigation.
Moderator: Jacob Phelps, Senior Lecturer, Lancaster Environment Centre, UK
Panelists:
Antonio Herman Benjamin, Justice, National High Court of Brazil – STJ; Chair, IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law, Rule of law to address harm to biodiversity, specifically the call for liability litigation as additional to traditional criminal prosecutions and administrative fines (e.g., in reference to Rio Declaration Principle 13)
Valerie Fogleman, Professor of Law, Cardiff University, Wales UK, Opportunities and challenges of operationalising environmental liabilities for harm to biodiversity
David Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, Canada, The growing need for biodiversity litigation and its links to human rights
John Pendergrass, Vice President for Programs and Publications, Environmental Law Institute, USA Overview of environmental liability legal authorities around the globe
Carol A. Jones, Visiting Scholar in Environmental Economics, Environmental Law Institute, USA, Valuing environmental liability damage claims over 30 years (from Exxon Valdez to new Indonesia illegal wildlife trade case) – moving toward restoration-based damage claims
Rika Fajrini, Indonesian Centre for Environmental Law & Taufiq Purna Nugraha, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Indonesia, Launching the guideline: Pioneering civil lawsuits for harm to threatened species
Ofir Drodi, EAGLE Network, Kenya, Integrating civil liability claims into illegal wildlife trade cases
Sébastien Mabile, Seattle Avocats and Mighty Earth, France, Building biodiversity liability cases, the Calanques National Park example
Rebecca Nichols, Lecturer, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Research on judges’ views about conservation litigation using mock trails
