Human Rights and the Environment: Conflicts and Norms in a Globalizing World

The economic realities of globalization have led to the displacement of local communities and the undermining of local ecosystems, highlighting the commonly linked conflicts involving human rights and the environment. Zarsky (co-founder of the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development) presents nine case studies that explore these conflicts in developing countries in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. The case studies look at conflicts that revolve around three broad axes: energy and mineral development, the development process as a whole, and land rights. Distributed by Stylus. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Lyuba Zarsky is Co-Founder and Senior Associate of the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development in Berkeley, California. She has been a consultant for the Asian Development Bank, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDO), and has written widely on ethics and sustainability, especially in the Asia-Pacific region.