A handbook on international wilderness law and policy.9781555916800 A handbook on international wilderness law and policy. Ed. by Cyril F. Kormos. Fulcrum fulcrum: see lever. Publishing 2008 400 pages $50.00 Hardcover K3478 This collection of articles details the widely varying policies of nations that have developed some force of law that protects an area in its natural and undisturbed state. With its 15 statutory and non-statutory examples, this offers practitioners a broad understanding of their own nations' policies and a means of comparison, while also giving those with no formal policy models to study. Along with an introduction to the concept of "wilderness" and a comparison of policies, this includes reports from Australia, Canada, the Mission Mountains The Mission Mountains are located in the northwestern area of the U.S. State of Montana. Tribal Wilderness Areas in Montana, Finland, Iceland, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , The Russian Federation Russian Federation: see Russia. , South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. , Sri Lanka, the US as a whole, Southern and Eastern Africa, Italy, and Ukraine. The collection closes with information on new trends. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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