League of Nations and the Protection of the Environment

League of Nations and the Protection of the Environment

Aloni, Omer

Cambridge University Press

05/2021

304

Dura

Inglês

9781108838191

15 a 20 dias

710

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1. Fighting pollution made by humankind: the League of Nations and the endeavors of the convention against the pollution of the sea by oil; 2. The League of Nations and the whaling dilemma; 3. Sanitation, spreading diseases, and the environmental concerns: the League of Nations' campaign for rural hygiene; 4. Raw materials, the timber crisis, and fears of deforestation during the interwar period; 5. Evaluating the environmental regime of the League of Nations: comparative discussion; 6. Conclusion.
League of Nations; Environmentalism; Interwar Period; International Environmental Law; Nature; Pollution; Oceans; Oil Pollution; Sanitation; Epidemics; Pandemics; Whaling; Deforestation; Ecological Crisis