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Second Annual International Wildlife Law Conference
April 8, 1997
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
Conference Program:
Panel 1:
The Precautionary Principle & International Wildlife Treaty Regimes
Moderator: David Favre, Faculty of Law, Detroit College of Law- Michigan State University
- Drs. Jonathan Verschuuren & Chris Backes, Faculty of Law, Tilburg University, Netherlands,The Precautionary Principle in Europeans & Dutch Wildlife Protection
Law & Policy;
- Dr. Joan E. Russow, Coordinator, Global Compliance Ressearch Project & Seasonal Lecturer, Global Issues, Environmental Studies Program, University of Victoria,
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, The Implications of Compliance with the Precautionary Principle: Report to the Commission on Sustainable Development;
- Dr. W.M. von Zharen, College of Wildlife & Agriculture, College of Geosciences & Maritime Studies, Texas A&M University, Galveston, Texas, USA,Stewarding Marine
Species: Beyond the Precautionary Principle;
Panel 2:
The Convention on Biological Diversity: Problems & Prospects
Moderator: William P. Weiner, Faculty of Law, Thomas M. Cooley School of Law
- Dr. Lyle Glowka, Legal Officer, International Union for the Conservation of Nature Law Center, Bonn, Germany,The Convention on Biological diversity: New Context
for Wildlife Conservation;
- Dr. Maria Gavouneli, Associate, Hellenic Institute of International & Foreign Law, Athens, Greece,The New Mediterranean Protocol on Biodiversity: Regional
Approaches in a Wider Context;
- Manuel Ruiz, Senior Researcher, Biodiversity Program, Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental, Lima, Peru,International Wildlife Traffic & Article 15 of the
Convention on Biological Diversity;
- Dr. Tracy Dobson, Associate Dean of International Studies, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA,Radical Restructuring of Environmental Policy to
Preserve Biodiversity in Africa: Malawi at the Crossroads;
Chris Wold, Center for International Environmental Law, Washingtonk, DC, USA,Prospects for TheConvention on Biological Diversity.
Panel 3:
The International Whaling Commission & Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling
Moderator: Howard S. Schiffman, Adjunct Faculty, International Programs, New York University School of Continuing Education
- Bill Dollinger, Wildlife Coordinator, Friends of Animals, Washington, DC, USA,Return to Commercial Whaling: Playing the Native Card;
- Dr. Harry Scheiber, Stefan Riesenfeld Professor of Law & History; Associate Dean of Law for Jurisprudence & Social Policy, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of
California-Berkeley, Berkeley, Calfironia, USA,The Ethical Basis & Proper Limits of Special Indigenous Claims;
- Leesteffy Jenkins, The Humane Society of the United States/Humane Society International, Washington, DC, USA,Aboriginal Subsistence Quotas at the International
Whaling Commission: Tradition or Travesty?;
- Phoebe Wray, Executive Director, Center for Action on Endangered Species,Cultural Conundrums: Can We Ever Find a Loop?.
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