Category: Law, Policy, and Standards

Law, Policy, and Standards

Partnership for Pesticide Bylaws

In the summer of 2002, CELA teamed up with the Toronto Environmental Alliance and the Ontario College of Family Physicians to create the Partnership for Pesticide Bylaws (PPB). The PPB grew quickly to include a wide cross-section of child-focused, health, animal welfare, environmental and labour organizations in support of pesticide bylaws. With limited resources, and many requests for help from across Canada, the groups chose a strategic focus on Toronto in the hopes of seeing Canada’s largest city set an example for others to follow. Success came in the Spring of 2003.

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Books and Resources, Law, Policy, and Standards

Unnatural Law: Rethinking Canadian Environmental Law and Policy

While governments assert that Canada is a world leader in sustainability, Unnatural Law provides extensive evidence to refute this claim. A comprehensive assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of Canadian environmental law, the book provides a balanced, critical examination of Canada?s record, focusing on laws and policies intended to protect water, air, land, and biodiversity.

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Books and Resources, Law, Policy, and Standards

Anarchy and the Environment: The International Relations of Common Pool Resources

Anarchy and the Environment examines how the recognition of environmental limits, combined with the ability of states to degrade common environmental resources, affects the strategies and bargaining power of particular groups involved in international environmental negotiations.

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