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SUMMARY:Sustainability through environmental liability: getting conservati
 onists and political ecologists into the courtroom - Dr Jacob Phelps\, Lan
 caster University
DTSTART:20181114T170000Z
DTEND:20181114T180000Z
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CONTACT:E Allen
DESCRIPTION:Preventing and mitigating environmental harm is a leading cont
 emporary challenge\, central to much of our research and to achieving both
  the Sustainable Development Goals.  Policy makers are increasingly presse
 d to find ways to better recognise and address environmental externalities
 .  While voluntary sustainability efforts have gained in importance\, trad
 itional regulation and enforcement remains a critical element in environme
 ntal governance.  Civil lability for environmental harm\, based on the "po
 lluter pays" principle\, has significant implications for the sustainabili
 ty agenda. It requires responsible parties to remedy the environmental har
 m they cause\, potentially through actions such as restoration\, apologies
 \, investments into education and financial compensation.  Related litigat
 ion can thus simultaneously provide corrective justice functions and deter
  future harms.  Although not a new concept\, the potential of liability fo
 r environmental harm is underexploited globally\, particularly in the cont
 ext of harms such as illegal deforestation\, fishing\, mining and wildlife
  trafficking.  Moreover\, most natural and social scientists—particularl
 y political ecologists and conservationists with an interest in environmen
 tal justice and sustainability—remain under-engaged with the judicial sy
 stem.  \n\nBased on comparisons across tropical developing countries\, wit
 h a focus on the Indonesian example\, this talk will explore the opportuni
 ties and challenges associated with liability for environmental harm in th
 e context of tropical biodiversity.  It will highlight the role of scienti
 sts in shaping an interdisciplinary agenda that mobilises people studying 
 the Anthropocene to more assertively serve the public interest\, including
  through litigation. \n
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, Level 1\, The David Attenborough Building
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