Energy, Environmental, & Climate Change Law
Triannual analysis of international environmental treaties, energy regulation, and the legal dimensions of climate change policy.
Published three times a year · Peer-reviewed
Beyond Ecosystem Damage: Towards Recognition of Human Displacement in the Yanomami Territory
This paper examines the forced displacement of the Yanomami people caused by illegal mining (garimpo) in Brazil. While Brazilian law and international proposals for the crime of ecocide provide for ecosystem protection, human displacement remains largely overlooked. The study proposes the incorpo…
From Illegal Land Occupation to Legal Title: Land Regularisation Policies in Pará
Brazil’s Indigenous peoples hold constitutionally protected rights to their traditionally occupied lands, yet these rights remain vulnerable to illegal occupation, delayed demarcation and competing claims to public land. One of the biggest issues faced by these groups currently is land grabbing, …