Illegal logging is widely recognized as a major economic problem and one of the causes of environmental degradation. Increasing awareness of its negative effects has fostered a wide range of proposals to combat it by major international conservation groups and political organizations. Following the 2008 US legislation which prohibits the import of illegally harvested wood and wood products, the...

Florida. He is the co-editor of Anarchy and the Environment: The International Relations of Common-Pool Resources, and has also worked on issues of sovereignty and international economic leadership. Abstract While the " Turbot War " between Canada and Spain is an instance of violent conflict over an increasingly scarce resource, it represents a departure from traditional environmental conflict ...

Work is a principal driver of current international migration, a primary social determinant of health, and a fundamental point of articulation between migrants and their host society. Efforts by international organizations to promote migrant health have traditionally focused on infectious diseases and access to healthcare, while international labor organizations have largely focused on issues o...

González-Cabán, Armando. 2009. Proceedings of the third international symposium on fire economics, planning, and policy: common problems and approaches. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-227 (English). Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 395 p. These proceedings summarize the results of a symposium designed to address current issues of agencies ...

National economies are not randomly distributed in the global economy, but embedded in complex networks of trade, financial flows, and international organizations. This research uses this insight to address the Convergence-Divergence debate by focusing on how network structures at the international level affect domestic policy outcomes. My thesis posits that economic forces of globalization imp...

BACKGROUND Improving maternal health, reducing global maternal mortality, and working toward universal access to reproductive health care are global priorities for United Nations agencies, national governments, and civil society organizations. Human rights lawyers have joined this global movement, using international law and domestic constitutions to hold nations accountable for preventable mat...

The frequent and swift emergence of new and devastating infectious diseases has brought renewed attention to health as an issue of international importance. Some states and regional organizations, including in Asia, have begun to regard infectious disease as a national and international security issue. This article seeks to examine the Vietnamese government's response to the epidemics of avian ...

When one thinks of international organizations whose administrative processes legal scholars should understand, the European Union and the World Trade Organization come to mind without a moment’s hesitation. A bit later, perhaps, one might also come up with the Montreal Protocol secretariat, Codex Alimentarius, or the International Organization for Standardization. It will probably take a good ...

The following list contains links to descriptions and contact information for a number of international student associations. Many of these organizations also invite international scholars to join. For more student organizations, visit Maize Pages [1], the University of Michigan's Directory of Student Organizations. Browsing categories such as Cultural/Ethnic or Religious/Spiritual (Hindu Stude...

The following list contains links to descriptions and contact information for a number of international student associations. Many of these organizations also invite international scholars to join. For more student organizations, visit Maize Pages [1], the University of Michigan's Directory of Student Organizations. Browsing categories such as Cultural/Ethnic or Religious/Spiritual (Hindu Stude...