Ecological Restoration in International and Chinese Environmental Law

Harnessing the Public Trust Principle
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-72399-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 285 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Brill's Asian Law Series

What if Chinese citizens could hold governments accountable for restoring damaged ecosystems? As ecosystems collapse worldwide, this book reveals how China can learn from the public trust principle to develop voluntary restoration commitments into action more effectively. It shows how legal tools, such as environmental public interest litigation and ecological environment damage compensation litigation, are being used to enforce international restoration commitments under the UNCCD, UNFCCC, and CBD. Drawing on legal cases, it argues for reforms that empower NGOs and individuals to hold public authorities accountable — so that ecological restoration becomes not just an ideal, but a legal obligation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rong, Zhenzhen

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Verwaltungs-, Umwelt- und Gesundheitsrecht

Über Autor(innen)

Zhenzhen Rong, Ph.D. (2023), is a postdoctoral researcher at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), and a volunteer postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University. Her research covers international and Chinese environmental law as well as general public international law.