Environmental Justice and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: International and Domestic Legal Perspectives

by Laura Westra

Book Overview

More than 300 million people in over 70 countries make up the worlds indigenous populations. Yet despite ever-growing pressures on their lands, environment and way of life through outside factors such as climate change and globalization, their rights in these and other respects are still not fully recognized in international law.

In this incisive book, Laura Westra deftly reveals the lethal effects that damage to ecological integrity can...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415703700
• ISBN13: 9780415703703
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.6"