Partnerships for Success in Protected Areas: The Public Interest and Local Community Rights to Prior Informed Consent (PIC)

From: Georgetown International Environmental Law Review | Date: April 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

I. INTRODUCTION

The protection of biodiversity by conservation organizations and governments increasingly centers on prohibiting or strictly regulating human activities within designated "protected areas."1 Moreover, there is growing awareness of the need to expand the size of protected ar eas.2 Often initiated by non-governmental or quasi-governmental organizations, the establishment of protected areas is facilitated and approved by governments pursuant to their authority as sovereigns and ostensibly undertaken in the "public interest."

In developing countries, most highly biodiverse areas ...

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