Natural resources grabbing : : an international law perspective / / edited by Francesca Romanin Jacur, Angelica Bonfanti, Francesco Seatzu.

• Superior document: Legal studies on access and benefit-sharing, volume 4
• TeilnehmendeR: Romanin Jacur, Francesca,; Bonfanti, Angelica,; Seatzu, Francesco,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill Nijhoff,, [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Legal studies on access and benefit-sharing ; volume 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (482 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; The Practice of Land Grabbing and Its Compatibility with the Exercise of Territorial Sovereignty /; Resources Grabbing and Human Rights: Building a Triangular Relationship Between States, Indigenous Peoples and Corporations /; Who is Entitled to Cultivate the Land? Sovereignty, Land Resources and Foreign Investments in Agriculture in International Law /; Land Grabbing and International Human Rights: The Jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples /; Water Grabbing and Water Rights: Indigenous ‘Sovereignty’ volume State Sovereignty? /; Right to Water and Access to Water Resources in the European Development Policy /; Tackling the Grabbing of Genetic Resources and of Associated Traditional Knowledge through the Nagoya Protocol /; Natural Resource Grabbing: The Case of Tropical Forests and redd+ /; International Land Investments or the Environment Put up for Auction: The Case of the Niger Basin /; The European Integration and the 2009 Renewable Energy Directive: A Suitable Framework for the Implementation of the Sustainability Criteria for Biofuels Production in Third-States? /; Integrating Human Rights into the Extractive Industries: How Investment Contracts Can Achieve Protection /; The Role of International Environmental Principles in Investment Treaty Arbitration: Precautionary and Polluter Pays Principles and Partial Compensation /; Exploration and Extraction of Natural Resources: miga’s Role in the Promotion of Responsible Investments in Developing Countries /; On the World Bank’s Efforts in Defence of the Human Right to Land /; The wto Members’ Right to Protect Animals in International Trade: A tbt Perspective /; Water Resources’ Exploitation and Trade Flows: The Impact of International Trade Law /; Energy Export Restrictions in the wto between Resource Nationalism and Sustainable Development /; On the Financing of Civil Wars through Natural Resources: Is There a Duty of Vigilance for Third States on the Activities of Trans-National Corporations? /; Breaking the ‘Resource Curse’: Prosecuting Pillage of Natural Resources /; Concluding Observations /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-458) and index.
• ISBN: 9004305661
• ISSN: 2213-493X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Francesca Romanin Jacur, Angelica Bonfanti, Francesco Seatzu.

The growing demand for natural resources has triggered a “race” to their exploitation and possession, especially in developing countries. Most desired are water, land, forests, raw materials (oil, gas, mineral and precious stones), fisheries and genetic resources. Emerging economies, Western states, multinational corporations and international financial institutions have become the biggest “buyers” in a race that on one hand strengthens economies and creates investment opportunities and on the other threatens local communities and environmental protection. Natural Resources Grabbing: An International Law Perspective aims at filling a gap in the legal literature by addressing the adverse effects that large-scale investments in natural resources may pose to fundamental human rights and the protection of the environment.