Rio+20 World Meeting
of Environmental Lawyers
RIO DE JANEIRO BOTANICAL GARDEN
RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ESPAÇO TOM JOBIM
1008 RUA JARDIM BOTÂNICO
RIO DE JANEIRO (BRAZIL)
JUNE 15TH, 16TH AND 17TH 2012
Organizers
The International Centre of Comparative Environmental Law
(C.I.D.C.E.) (Limoges, France)
Program on Law and the Environment (PDMA), FGV DIREITO RIO
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Environmental Law Institute
(Washington) (U.S.A.)
A ceremony honoring the memory
of Alexander Kiss will be held June 17, 2012
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FRIDAY JUNE 15TH
08:00 > OPEN FOR REGISTRATION
09:00 > WELCOME
Liszt Vieira, President of the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden Research Institute (Brazil)
Michel Prieur, Professor Emeritus of the University of Limoges, Scientific Director CRIDEAU OMIJ,
Chairman of CIDCE (France)
Joaquim Falcão, Director of the School of Law of the Rio Getúlio Vargas Foundation (Brazil)
Rômulo Rocha da Silveira Sampaio, Program Coordinator in Environmental Law and PDMA-FGV
Rio Getúlio Vargas Foundation (Brazil)
John Cruden, President, Environmental Law Institute (ELI) (U.S.A.)
> OPENING REMARKS
Sandrine Bélier, Member of European Parliament, Brussels (Belgium)
Jean-Pierre Thébault, Ambassador for the Environment for France
Wadih Damous, President of the Association of Barristers of Brazil, Section Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Antonio Herman V. Benjamin, Minister at the High Court of Justice of Brazil,
Professor of Environmental Law at the University of Texas (Brazil, U.S.A.)
10:30 / 11:00 BREAK
THE GREEN ECONOMY AND POVERTY ERADICATION
11:00 > 1.CORPORATE SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
Towards an International Convention on CSR
Carina Costa de Oliveira, Doctor of Law, Paris II, Professor and Researcher
Program on Law and the Environment (PDMA) of FGV- Direito Rio, (Brazil)
Places to eat
1. Restaurante Nanquim (self service) $$
Rua Jardim Botânico, 644
2. Galeteria Mormaço $$
Rua Jardim Botânico, 595
3. Filé de ouro (steak) $$$
Rua Jardim Botânico, 731
4. Bibi Sucos (sandwiches) $$
Rua Jardim Botânico, 632
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5. Caroline Café (sanduich) $$
Rua J J Seabra, 10
6. Quadrifolglio (italian) $$
Rua J J Seabra, 19
7. Braseiro (popular) $$
Praça Santos Dumont, 116
8. Guimas (international) $$$
Rua José Roberto Macedo Soares, 5
9. Sushi Mar (japanese) $$
Rua dos Oitis, 6
10. Shopping da Gávea (restaurantes)
Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 525.
The Responsibility of Financial Institutions
Consuelo Yoshida, Professor, PUC-SP, Federal Appeals Court Judge of the Regional Federal Court (Brazil)
Economic Instruments to Encourage CSR
Werner Grau, Lawyer and Consultant, “The Nature Conservancy” (Brazil)
The Responsibility of Multinational Corporations for Serious Environmental Damage
Antoni Pigrau Solé, Professor, Universitat Rovira i Virgili ,Tarragona (Spain)
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The Conflict Between the Protection of Businesses and Environmental Protection
in International Investment Law
Nitish Monebhurrun, Doctoral candidate, Université de Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne (France)
Corporate Accountability for Environmental Damage in Brazil
Marcelo Buzaglo Dantas, PhD, PUC-SP, Professor of Environmental Law of the Univali University (Brazil)
Property Rights and Environmental Protection in the Amazon: the Impact of ‘Land Grabbing’ Policies
José Benatti, Professor at the Federal University of Pará (Brazil)
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Payment for Environmental Services (PES) and Food Security
Solange Teles Da Silva, JD (Paris), PhD in Law (Université de Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne), Professor
Mackenzie University, São Paulo, (Brazil)
Environmental Management Systems To Implement Sustainable Development Principles
Nicholas A. Robinson, Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law, Pace University, Professor
(Adjunct) Yale University School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (U.S.A.)
Protector-Payer Principle
Luciane Martins de Araujo, Lawyer, Goiânia, Professor of Environmental Law - Master of Laws, International Relations and Development - PUC Goiás (Brazil)
2. BIODIVERSITY, LANDSCAPES, LAND GRABBING AND THE RIGHT TO FOOD
16:30 /17:00 BREAK
Cultural Environment and Green Economy in a Context of Sustainability
Flávio Ahmed, Lawyer, President of the Environmental Law Commission of the Association
of Barristers of Brazil, Section Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
17:00 > 3. FORESTS
Common Heritage and Global Public Goods
Jacqueline Morand-Deviller, Professor Emeritus at the University of Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne (France)
12:30 / 13:00 > DEBATES
15:00 > 2. (Contd.)
Right to Food and Green Economy
Ali Mékouar, Professor at the University of Casablanca, Former FAO Legal Officer (Rome)
Biosafety and The Right to Food
Antonio Monteiro, Lawyer, Member of the Committee of Environment of the Association of Barristers
of Brazil, Section of São Paulo; Member of the Regulatory Agencies for Telecommunication and
Information on Biotechnology – CIB (Brazil)
Food Security and Sustainable Development: Responsible Governance of Tenure of Natural Resources
Patrice Talla, JD (Limoges), Legal officer, United Nations Food and Agriculture, FAO (Rome)
What is the Strategy for Biological Diversity and Land Protection of Natural and Rural Areas of
the Planet?
Michel Durousseau, Vice President of SFDE, Member, Centre for Environmental Law, Strasbourg (UDS),
Director of the CSA (France)
Preservation of Landscape and Sustainable Use of Space
Arlindo Daibert, Lawyer, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
The Yasuni Initiative in Ecuador
Daniel Barragan, Ecuadorian Center for Environmental Law (CEDA), (Ecuador) and Maria Amparo Alban,
President of the “Ecuadorian Center for Environmental Law” (CEDA), (Ecuador)
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16:00 > 2. (Contd.)
Strengthening Environmental Function and Development of Economic Services Through Sustainable Management, Global and Regional Forest
Frederic Bouin, Lecturer and HDR Chair “Sustainable Development Law” of the University Foundation
Domitian, Secretary General of the International Centre of Comparative Environmental Law, Director of
the IUP “Planning and Real Sstate Law, “CERTAP-CDED, (France)
Illegal Logging: Cooperation or Conflict between Producer and Consumer Countries
Rehbinder Eckard, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Law, Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany)
UN Program for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)
Maria Fernanda Gebara, Program on Law and the Environment (PDMA) of FGV-Direito Rio, (Brazil)
A Review of Existing International Mechanism of International Forest Governance (Sanctions, REDD,
Kimberley Process, FLEGT / VPA, Lacey Act)
Sandra S. Nichols, Co-Director of Africa Program, The Environmental Law Institute (U.S.A.)
The Legal Protection of Forests in Brazil
Nicolao Dino Neto, School Director Superior Prosecutor’s Union - ESMPU, (Brazil)
Environmental and Legal Status of Primary Forests in Argentina, from Global to Local
Gladys Gómez de los Santos, Doctor of Environmental Law (University of Alicante), Professor and Legal
Consultant, San Luis (Argentina)
And Omar Marcelino Saá, Environmental Consultant and Federal Environmental Consultant - Ministry
of the Environment of the Province of San Luis (Argentina)
18:00 > 3. (Contd.)
Forests and Customary Law
Jerôme Fromageau, Dean of the Faculty Jean Monnet, Law, Economics and Management, Université
Paris Sud 11 (France)
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Sustainable Cities and Forests
José Mauro de Lima O’ de Almeida, Union Attorney, Chief Legal Counsel of the Ministry of the
Environment (Brazil)
18:15 /19:00 > DEBATES
SATURDAY JUNE 16TH
THE GREEN ECONOMY AND POVERTY ERADICATION (Contd.)
09:00 > 4. CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
Climate Change Liability in Meso-American Countries
Jose Juan Gonzalez, Professor, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Mexico)
The Transition to Energies of Peace
Christophe Krolik, Doctor of Law (Limoges), Laureate of the IUCN Alexandre Kiss Prize (France)
Businesses and the Development of Renewable Energy
Grace Ladeira Garbaccio, Doctor of Law (Limoges), Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change: Risk and Regulation
José Francisco Alenza Garcia, Professor, Public University of Navarre and Ángel Ruiz De Apodaca,
Professor, University of Navarre (Spain)
Adaptation to Climate Change
Victor Flatt, Distinguished Professor in Environmental Law, Director, Center for Law, Environment,
Adaptation, and Resources, University of North Carolina School of Law, (United States) (U.S.A.)
Biofuels in Brazil
José Rubens Morato Leite, Professor at the Federal University of Santa-Catarina, (Brazil)
10:00 > 5. DISASTERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES
1.HUMAN RIGHTS
Perspectives Toward a New Legal Regime for Integrated Human Rights
Mathurin Essama, Researcher, Legal Advisor to the Network of Parliamentarians for the Sustainable
Management of Forest Ecosystems in Central Africa (REPAR-CEFDHAC), (Cameroon)
Sustainable Development in Health Care Facilities and The Integration of Human Rights in Health
Laurent Vassallo, JD (Limoges), Associate Lecturer at the IUT of Beziers, Consultant in Sustainable
Development (France)
Poverty Alleviation and Environmental Conservation in the Context of Global Environmental Challenges
José Antônio Puppim de Oliveira, Assistant Director and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of
Advanced Studies, United Nations University (UNU-IAS), (Japan)
Environmental Disasters and Human Rights
Fernanda De Salles Cavedon, Researcher at CIDCE, Lawyer, (Santa Catarina - Brazil)
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10:30 / 11:00 > BREAK
11:00 > 5. DISASTERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES
2.DISPLACED PERSONS
Climate Migration and Relocation of Displaced People
Elise Ruggeri Abonnat, Programme Officer at First Islands, New York (USA), PhD in Public Law at
CEDIN, University Paris-Ouest La Defense (France)
Displaced Persons and the Polluter Pays Principle
Kwangyoun Lee, Professor at the Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul (South Korea)
3. ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES
Environmental Emergencies: Lessons and Next Steps
Vladimir Sakharov, Program Director, Environmental Emergency Preparedness
(Green Cross International) (U.S.A.)
Disasters and Environmental Emergencies in Brazil
Sandra Akemi Shimada Kishi, Professor, Environmental Law, Regional Attorney for the Federal
Republic in Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Disasters and Environmental Emergencies in Latin America
Valeria Berros, PhD, National University of Santa Fe (Argentina)
Responses to Natural Disasters: Legal and Ethical Perspectives
Erika Pires, Federal Prosecutor at IBAMA in São Paulo, Doctor of Law at the University of São Paulo (Brazil)
Disasters, Land Use and Environmental Plans, and Resource Management: Lessons from the Gulf
of Mexico Region
Colin Crawford, Professor of Environmental Law, Executive Director, Payson Center for International
Development Tulane University Law School (U.S.A.)
Governance of Global Environmental Risks and Crises
Gonzalo Sozzo, Professor, National University of Coastline, Santa Fe (Argentina)
12:15 / 13:00 > DEBATES
15:00 > 5. DISASTERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES
4.THE POST-CONFLICT CONTEXT
Disasters and Environmental Emergencies in the Context of Post-Conflict in Africa
J-J Poumo Leumbe, PhD CRIDEAU-OMIJ, Chairman of APADIME (Action for the Protection of IDPs in
Africa and Environmental Migrants), (Cameroon)
Lessons in Post-Conflict Natural Resources Management
Carl Bruch, Senior Attorney, Co-Director of International Programs, Environmental Law Institute (ELI),
Washington (U.S.A.)
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Case Studies in Post-Conflict Natural Resource Management: the UNEP Experience
David Jensen, Policy and Planning Coordinator - Environment, Conflict and Peace-building, UNEP (U.S.A.)
ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE
1. PRINCIPLES TO REINFORCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY
Principles to Reinforce: Rio Principle 10
Fernando Walcacer, Professor of Environmental Law, PUC-Rio (Brazil)
The Implementation of Access to Information and Public Participation in Regional and National Levels.
Voker Mauerhofer, Researcher at the United Nations University, Institute for Advanced Studies
(UNU-IAS), (Japan)
The Non-Regression Principle
Michel Prieur, Professor Emeritus at the University of Limoges, Scientific Director - CRIDEAU OMIJ,
Chairman of CIDCE, (France)
The Limited Authority for Non-Regression Under NAFTA and the North American Agreement
on Cooperation in The Field of Environment
Geoffrey Garver, Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC), University of Laval (Canada)
16:00 > (Contd.) ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE
The Non-Regression Principle in Brazil
Patrick Ayala, Professor at the Federal University of Mato Grosso (Brazil)
The Principle of Irreversibility in South America
Isabel de Los Rios, JD Strasburg, Professor, Central University of Venezuela (Venezuela)
Environmental Justice and the Social Pillar of Sustainable Development
Gerard Monédiare, Professor at the University of Limoges, Director-CRIDEAU OMIJ, (France)
16:30 /17:00 > BREAK
17:00 > (Contd.) ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE
Implementation of Environmental Justice
Ricardo Stanziola, Univali Professor, Member of FDIC and PROAM, (Brazil)
The Principle of Sustainability and the Transformation of Law
Gabriel Real Ferrer, Professor, University of Alicante (Spain)
Accelerating the Transition to Sustainability: Lessons from the United States
John C. Dernbach, Distinguished Professor of Law, Co-Director, Environmental Law Center, Widener
University Law School, (U.S.A.)
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Ethno-Development, Sustainable Development and Environmental Justice: the Management of
Heritage Resources of Traditional and Indigenous Amazonian
J-M. Breton, Professor, University of West Indies and Guyana (Guadeloupe)
The Role of Judges in Environmental Governance
Judge Merideth Wright, Judge Emeritus, Vermont Environmental Court; Distinguished Judicial
Scholar (ELI) (U.S.A.)
Women in the diary of Rio, 1972 to 2012, which assets?
Soukaina Bouraoui, Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Law, Tunis II, Executive Director of the
Center of Arab Woman for Training and Research (CAWTAR), (Tunisia)
2.INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE
Local Governments in Global Environmental Governance
Hubert Delzangles, Professor at the University of Limoges (France)
National Strategies for Sustainable Development: Review and Future Prospects
Julien Prieur, Doctor of Laws (Limoges), Consultant in Sustainable Development (France)
The Freedom of Sustainability: the New Paradigm of Law in Post-Modernity
Paulo Marcio da Cruz, Professor, Univali - Universidade do Vale do Itajai, (Brazil)
Codification of the Environment and Sustainable Development
Stéphane Doumbé-Billé, Professor of Public Law, Director, Center for International Law, University
Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (France)
18:15 / 19:00 > DEBATES
19:00 > RECEPTION
SUNDAY JUNE 17TH
09:00 > (Contd.) ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE
Corporate Governance within the UN
José Antônio Tietzmann E Silva, a lawyer practicing in Goiania (Brazil), Doctor of Laws from the
University of Limoges, Professor of International Environmental Law in the Master of Law, International
Relations and Development of the Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás (Brazil) and Dimas Pereira
Duarte Júnior, Professor of International Relations - Master of Laws, International Relations and
Development - PUC Goiás (Brazil)
The Transformation of ECOSOC
Alexandra Cuenin, Allocator the Centre of International Law, University Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (France)
The Ombudsman for Future Generations
Maja Goepel, Director, Future Justice, World Future Council, (U.S.A.)
The Need and Purpose of Creating a WEO
Baba Hamady Deme, Ph.D. Center for International Law, Allocator-monitor, University Jean Moulin,
Lyon 3 (France)
3.GOVERNANCE OF RIVERS, SEAS, OCEANS AND COASTAL AREAS
Environmental Protection and Management of Marine Resources: Conservation and Sustainable
Use of Marine Biological Diversity Beyond National Jurisdiction
José Juste-Ruiz, Professor of Law at the University of Valencia (Spain)
Specific Aspects of Coastal Areas in South America
Gilberto d’Avila Rufino, Doctor of Law Limoges, President of the Instituto do Jurídico Litoral, Lawyer of
Florianópolis, and former Prosecutor of the State of Santa Catarina (Brazil)
10:00 > (Contd.) ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE
International Regulation of Offshore Oil Activities
Lucien Chabason, Advisor to the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations
(IDDRI), Chairman of the Blue Plan for the Mediterranean (France)
Environmental Problems Due to Oil Exploitation in Territories in Conflict
María Eugenia Giunta Fornasin, Student, University of Limoges - CRIDEAU-OMIJ, (France),
Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (Argentina)
Legal, Management and Community Technology Tools for Improving Fisheries: Enforcement
and Compliance
Kathryn Mengerink, Ocean Program Director, the Environmental Law Institute (U.S.A.)
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10:30 / 11:00 BREAK
11:00 > (Contd.) ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE
Freshwater Resources, Towards a Consistent Transboundary Freshwater Framework
Ryan Stoa, Program Executive Officer, Global Water for Sustainability Program; Florida International
University College of Law (U.S.A.)
International Environmental law and Protection of Marine and Coastal Environments
Wahid Ferchichi, Professor at the Faculty of Juridical, Political and Social Tunis (Tunisia)
Inter-linkages and Synergies in International Conventions on Rivers and River Basins
Clarissa Ferreira Macedo D’Isep, Lawyer, Doctor of Laws from the University of Limoges, Professor at
the Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo (Brazil)
11:30 / 12:00 > DEBATES
12:00 > CEREMONY HONORING THE MEMORY OF ALEXANDRE KISS
13:00 > BUFFET
14:00 > (Contd.) ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE
4. EFFECTIVENESS
The Contribution of Civil Society to the Effectiveness of Environmental Law
Ibrahima Ly, Associate in Public Law and Political Science, Director, Laboratory of Environmental Law
and Health at the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar
(Senegal)
Thoughts on the Effectiveness of Non Compliance Procedures
in Environmental Protection Conventions
Mary Sancy, Professor of Law, University of Nantes (France)
Improving Effectiveness of Environmental Law Through Adaptive Governance
Jessica Troell, Program Director Water International, the Environmental Law Institute (U.S.A.)
The Study of Transboundary Impacts - Towards an International Convention
Paulo Affonso Leme Machado, Deputy Chairman of CIDCE, Professor at the Methodist University
of Piracicaba, SP (Brazil)
15:00 > (Contd.) ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE
The Environmental Impact Assessment: an International Treaty
Nadia Christinet, graduate of the Master 2 “Sustainable Development Law”, University of Limoges,
Delegate to the Environment (State of Vaud - Switzerland)
Courts and the Effectiveness of Environmental Standards in Brazil
Sandra Cureau, Deputy Attorney-General Electoral (Federal Public Ministry) (Brazil)
Adjudcation for Effective Environmental Governance
John A. Pendergrass, Senior Attorney, Director Judicial Education Program, Environmental Law Institute
(ELI) (USA)
For the Environmental Impact Assessment of International Environmental Treaties
Andressa de Oliveira Lanchotti, Attorney in the State of Minas Gerais (Brazil), graduated in Master 2,
International and Comparative Law of the Environment, University of Limoges (France), Doctoral candidate
in Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)
The Contribution of Environmental Impact Studies to Dispute Resolution
Vanusa Murta Agrelli, Teacher of Environmental Law of the School of Magistracy of the State of the Rio
de Janeiro and the Superior School of Advocacia/OAB-RIO DE JANEIRO. Member of the Environmental Law
Committee of the Brazilian Bar Association /RJ. (Brazil)
16:00 / 16:30 > DEBATE
16:30 / 17:00 > CLOSING REMARKS
Paulo Affonso Leme Machado, Vice President of CIDCE,
Professor at the Methodist University of Piracicaba, SP (Brazil)
Brice Lalonde, Executive Coordinator of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development,
to be confirmed
Effectiveness and Environmental Assessments
Jessica Makowiak, Lecturer in Public Law at the Faculty of Law and Economics, CRIDEAU-OMIJ,
University of Limoges (France)
The Effectiveness of the Conservation of Natural Habitats
Márcia Leuzinger, Professor and Director of Master and Doctorate of Centro Universitário de Brasília,
UniCEUB, (Brazil)
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Contacts
With the patronage of
France
Stephanie Bartkowiak
CIDCE
Faculty of Law and Economics
32 rue Turgot
87031 Limoges Cedex 1
Tel: 05 55 34 97 25
E-mail : [email protected]
Website: www.cidce.org
The Commission on Environmental Law of the International Union for Conservation of
Nature (IUCN)
The European Council of Environmental Law (CEDE)
The French Society for Environmental Law (SFDE)
The European Association of Environmental Law (AEDE)
The United Nations University – UNU-IAS – Institute of Advanced Studies (Japan)
Brazil
Carina Costa de Oliveira
FGV DIREITO RIO
Praia de Botafogo, 190 13o andar 22250-900
Rio de Janeiro RJ Brasil
Tel: (55 21) 3799-5300
[email protected]
www.fgv.br/direitorio
And the support of
Brazil
Eleanor Mitch
CIDCE representative in Rio de Janeiro for Rio + 20
Rua José Roberto Macedo Soares, 18/306
Gávea
22470-100
Tel: (55 21) 9524-0362
[email protected]
The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro - PUC (Brazil)
The Embassy of France in Brazil (Brazil)
The Limousin Region (France)
The French Ministry for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy (France)
The Ministry of Environment of the Province of San Luis (Argentina)
The Institut de l’Energie et de l’Environnement de la Francophonie (IEPF), (Canada)
The Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás - PUC (Brazil)
The Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo - PUC (Brazil)
The University Vale do Itajaí, Univali (Brazil)
The Association of Barristers of Brazil, Section Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
MPX (Brazil)
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Brazil)
Wilson Sons (Brazil)
The Higher School of Public Prosecution of the Union - ESMPU (Brazil)
The Association of Environmental Law Professors of Brazil (Brazil)
Support
The Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden Research Institute (Brazil)
The University Centre of Brasilia, (Uniceub) (Brazil)
The Florida International University College of Law (U.S.A.)
The Federal University of Santa Catarina - UFSC (Brazil)
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Rio+20 World Meeting of Environmental Lawyers
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