Implementing International Environmental Law and Policy

This book introduces a novel discourse, based on socio-legal theory of compliance with international environmental law, which addresses the overarching question: when can international environmental law and policy achieve implementation, compliance and be effective?

Joanna Miller Smallwood has a long-standing interest in nature conservation and law. Her career began as a solicitor, including working on environmental law multi-party actions representing claimants against multi-national corporations. Joanna's PhD and post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Sussex concerned the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity's Aichi Targets in the UK. She is a member of the international Taskforce on the Governance of Nature and Biodiversity, part of the Earth System Governance network, and a fellow of the University of Sussex Sustainability Research programme (SSRP). Joanna's research focuses on transformative governance of food production and consumption and nature conservation, implementing legal and policy frameworks for the rights of nature in Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia and UK, and the implementation of forest risk commodity legislation in Cote D'Ivoire. Joanna is the solicitor and co-lead for the Environmental Law Foundation/University of Sussex Environmental Justice Law Clinic, supervising students working on local environmental cases.