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The Law and Nature Dialogue is a vibrant and dynamic platform that promotes CEL's futures-focused vision of a thriving planet for people and nature.

The Dialogue advances CEL's mission to drive transformative change through futures-focused interdisciplinary legal research that provides cutting edge solutions to the global challenges of biodiversity loss and extinction risk.

Edited by CEL academics, the Law and Nature Dialogue is a forum for topical, thought provoking and academically robust analysis. It features contributions from within and outside the Centre, reflecting shared research interests.

Environmental Conflicts and Ecological Law in Brazil: the Project of the Ecological Justice Clinic

Gabrielle Tabares Fagundez

Jul 4, 20227 min read

Environmental Conflicts and Ecological Law in Brazil: the Project of the Ecological Justice Clinic

Gabrielle Tabares Fagundez, Master's degree in law (MSc) and postgraduate student at the Law Faculty, and member of the Environmental...

Pandemics and Unprecedented Biodiversity Loss: What’s the Connection?

Gabrielle Clark

Oct 21, 20213 min read

Pandemics and Unprecedented Biodiversity Loss: What’s the Connection?

Gabrielle Clark, Final Year Bachelor of Environment and Bachelor of Laws student volunteer for the Centre for Environmental Law,...

Living in Harmony with Nature in a Post-Pandemic Scenario

Maria Antonia Tigre

Sep 7, 20214 min read

Living in Harmony with Nature in a Post-Pandemic Scenario

Elevating Indigenous Knowledge for Pandemic and Epidemic Prevention Maria Antonia Tigre, Director for Latin America for GNHRE. Her...

Dr Otto Spijkers

Aug 30, 20215 min read

Global Solidarity with Nature

The Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction Otto Spijkers, Professor, China...

Raze paradise to put in a biofuel crop? No, there are far better ways to tackle climate change

Dr Michelle Lim

Jul 13, 20211 min read

Raze paradise to put in a biofuel crop? No, there are far better ways to tackle climate change

Dr Michelle Lim Senior Lecturer, Centre for Environmental Law, Macquarie University, Australia This article is republished from The...

The Davis aerodrome and Australia’s leadership in the Antarctic

Paul Govind

Jun 28, 20214 min read

The Davis aerodrome and Australia’s leadership in the Antarctic

Paul Govind, Lecturer, Executive Committee Member of the Centre for Environmental Law, Macquarie University, Australia Nengye Liu,...

The Evolution and Challenges in China’s Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Prof. Tianbao Qin

Jun 20, 20214 min read

The Evolution and Challenges in China’s Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Tianbao Qin (fxyqtb@whu.edu.cn) Research Institute of Environmental Law (RIEL) & China Institute of Boundary and Ocean Studies (CIBOS),...

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