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JAPAN COMMITTEE FOR IUCN VISITS ELC
23 January 2003
 IUCN Environmental Law Centre was delighted to welcome Masahito Yoshida, Secretary General and Aya Ishida, Secretary of the Japan Committee of IUCN. A particular interest was shown in the work the ELC is doing in relation to the biosafety protocol, alien invasive species and with ECOLEX. Masahito Yoshida and Aya Ishida were particularly impressed with the ELC libraries, comprising one of the world's most extensive collections on environmental law and policy. The Japan Committee was established in 1980, when the World Conservation Strategy was launched in Japan and was officially recognised as a national committee by IUCN Council in October 2002. As of January 2003, the committee comprises 18 member organisations.
Find Japan Committee for IUCN here .
IUCN CHARTS A COURSE FOR CONSERVING HIGH SEAS BIODIVERSITY
16 January 2003
 Forty of the world's leading experts on high seas biodiversity, and on the laws that protect it, met in Málaga, Spain to develop an action plan for the development of high-seas protected areas - a key element in the conservation and sustainable use of these important biological resources. Although not a lawless area, the high seas have traditionally been thought of as areas of unrestricted use. This concept of "the freedom of the high seas" has led to unsustainable behaviors and attitudes, in many cases. The WSSD recognized the need to restore ocean fisheries and to develop a globally accepted approach to ocean conservation. In response, IUCN, WWF and other partners have agreed that the development of high-seas protected areas - in which important species and fragile ecosystems can be protected - may be an important first step, as it was in the evolution of sustainable management of terrestrial natural resources. IUCN ELP presented an initial information paper identifying the complex web of laws that touch on elements of high-seas conservation, and considering the various ways in which those laws can support the development of protected areas. Legal development and policy-related advocacy were identified as important components of the action plan, and will be a focus of the ELC's work in the future.
For further information on the Málaga meeting, click here.
IUCN ELC WELCOMES NEW SECONDEE
16 January 2003
 IUCN Environmental Law Centre has warmly welcomed Stephane Levy, seconded from the International law firm Pillsbury Winthrop's New York City office. Recipient of the Stimson Pro Bono Fellowship, he will be spending one year at the ELC as a Junior Legal Officer. Stephane completed his law studies at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He has worked in the past as a consultant for a Montreal non-for profit organization and was a summer associate with Pillsbury Winthrop's New York and San Francisco offices. As is common with many Montrealers, Stephane is fluently bilingual, speaking both French and English and he is eager to learn from and contribute to the ELC's expertise in international environmental law, while honing his colleagues' French language skills. Stephane will be actively involved with the Centre's work in Africa. IUCN ELC would like to thank the generosity of Pillsbury Winthrop for sponsoring Stephane for this year.
New Publication Warmly Welcomed by Chinese Environmental Legal Circle
7 January 2003
 The PELC (Promoting Environmental Law in China) Program has just published the first volume of the "International and Comparative Environmental Law Review." The book contains Chinese translations of the latest and most important academic papers, research reports, cases, treaties and national statutes in the field of international and comparative environmental law. It provides valuable reference materials for Chinese scholars, legislators, governmental officials, members of the judiciary and law students who are interested in environmental law. Many world famous scholars of environmental law, such as CEL members Prof. Alexandre Kiss, Prof. Edith Brown-Weiss, Prof. Philippe Sands, Prof. Dan Tarlock, and ELC Senior Counsel Dr. Françoise Burhenne-Guilmin, contributed papers. The book is made of three parts: International Environmental Law, Comparative Environmental Law and Documents. It has been warmly welcomed and highly praised by the environmental legal circle in China. CEL member Professor Wang Xi, who is the Director of Environmental and Resources Law Institute of Shanghai Jiaotong University, heads the PELC Program. Prof. Wang Xi and his team plan to publish the second volume of the Review in 2003. For contributing papers, please contact Prof. Wang Xi at wangxi6324@peoplemail.com.cn or wangxi@sjtu.edu.cn. To purchase a copy of the book, please contact webmaster@chinalaw-book.com or www.chinalaw-book.com, telephone: 0086 10 8841 4933, fax: 0086 10 8841 4897.
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