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Ecological Restoration in International and Chinese Environmental Law
Harnessing the Public Trust Principle
Series: - Brill's Asian Law Series, Volume: 15
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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 â so that ecological restoration becomes not just an ideal, but a legal obligation.
Zhenzhen Rong, Ph.D. (2023), is an assistant professor at the Law School of Anhui University (China) and a volunteer postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Law and Criminology of Ghent University (Belgium). Her research covers international and Chinese environmental law as well as general public international law.
This book is indispensable for legal scholars, practitioners, and students of international and Chinese environmental law. It links law and ecological restoration, and provides insights for environmentalists, NGOs and policymakers.