1. Introduction： environmental law and sustainability after Rio Jamie Benidickson， Ben Boer， Antonio Herman Benjamin and Karen Morrow 1
PART ONE HISTORY， PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS OF SUSTAINABILITY 9
2. Reflecting on Rio： environmental law in the coming decades&Nicholas A. Robinson 9
3. Capacity building in environmental law in African universities&Charles Odidi Okidi 31
4. Local Agenda 21： a rights-based approach to local environmental governance&Anel du Plessis 47
5. Brazilian ‘socioambientalismo’ and environmental justice&Fernanda de Salles Cavedon and Ricardo Stanziola Vieira 66
6. Risk society and the precautionary principle&Miriam Alfie Cohen and Adridn de Garay Sdnchez 84
7. Measuring the environment through public procurement&Nicola Lugaresi 101
PART TWO ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS， ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND LIABILITY ISSUES 119
8. A sustainable and equitable legal order&Werner Scholtz 119
9. The courts and public participation in environmental decision-making&Karen Morrow 138
10. Enhanced access to environmental justice in Kenya&Robert Kibugi 158
11. Towards a new theory of environmental liability without proof of damage&Jose Juan Gonzalez 178
12. Diffuse damages in environmental torts in Brazil&Arlindo Daibert 196
PART THREE NATURAL RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABILITY 217
13. Transboundary aquifers： towards substantive and process reform in treaty-making&Joseph W. Dellapenna and Flavia Rocha Loures 217
14. Achieving sustainability： plant breeders’ and farmers’ rights&Mekete Bekele Tekle 235
PART FOUR ENERGY， CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY 257
15. International law and sustainable energy： a portrait of failure&David Hodas 257
16. Cross-border gas pipelines and sustainability in southern Africa&Willemien du Plessis 279
17. Is EU climate change policy legally robust？&Javier de Cendra de Larragdn 297
18. Combating climate change in Uganda&Emmanuel Kasimbazi 318
PART FIVE NATURE CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY 341
19. Contractual tools for implementing the CBD in South Africa&Alexander Paterson 341
20. Mangrove swamps and sustainability&Marcelo Nogueira Camargos and Solange Teles da Silva 367
21. The Amazonian Treaty and harmonisation of environmental legislation&Jose Augusto Fontoura Costa， Solange Teles da Silva and Fernanda Sola 377
Index 395