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4th Annual International Wildlife Law Conference
March 20, 1999
Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, DC
Conference Program:
Longer versions of many of the papers presented at the conference will be
published in a special symposium issue of the Journal of International
Wildlife Law & Policy.
Panel 1:
Case Studies of Implementation of the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species at the National and Regional level.
Moderator: David Favre, Dean, Detroit College of Law - Michigan State
University
- Mark Austen, International Legal Advisor, International Fund for Animal
Welfare, London, England, CITES and the European Union;
- Alexander Dehgan, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of
Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, CITES in the Developing Nation Context:
Madagascar Case Profile;
- Professor Govindasamy Agoramoorthy, Department of Wildlife Conservation,
National Pingtung University of Science & Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan, The
Republic of China's Role in the Implementation of the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species;
- Irene Lye Lin Heng, Honorary Legal Advisor, Nature Society of Singapore
& Deputy Director, Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL),
Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, Implementation of CITES in
Singapore;
- Dr. Joni E. Baker, Lecturer, Texas A & M University, College Station,
Texas, A Substantive Theory of the Relative Efficiency of Environmental
Treaty Compliance Strategies: The Case of CITES.
Panel 2:
International Legal Efforts to Conserve Tigers
Moderator: William P. Weiner, Faculty of Law, Thomas M. Cooley School of Law
- Steven R. Galster, Director, Global Survival Network, Washington, DC &
Karen V. Elliot, Co-Director, Global Survival Network, Phoenix program,
Washington, DC, Regional Efforts to Implement CITES Protection for Tiger;
- Debbie Banks, Environmental Investigation Agency, London, England (topic
to be announced),
- Corey Meacham, author, San Diego, California, How the Tiger Lost its
Stripes.
- John Sellar, CITES Secretariat, CITES and the Conservation of Tigers
Panel 3:
Regional Wildlife Treaty Regimes: Problems and Prospects
Moderator, Howard S. Schiffman, Adjunct Faculty, International Programs,
New York University School of Continuing Education
- William C.G. Burns, Managing Editor, Journal of International Wildlife Law
& Policy, Berkeley, California, "The Agreement on the Conservation of Bats
in Europe: On a Wing and a Prayer?;"
- Alberto Costi, Oxford University, Current Trends in the Implementation of
Regional Wildlife Treaty Regimes in Central & Eastern Europe;
- Sandra Jen, Bern Convention Secretariat, Environment Conservation &
Management Division, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France, "The
Pan-European Example, the Convention on the Conservation of European
Wildlife and Natural Habitats;"
- Charles Chester, Ph.D. Candidate, International Environment and Resource
Policy, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Boston, Massachusetts,
"Regional NGO Diplomacy in Biodiversity Conservation."
For additional information, contact Wil Burns at: JIWLP@earthling.net.
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