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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785387403321

Autore

Smith Richard J. <1932->

Titolo

Negotiating environment and science [[electronic resource] ] : an insider's view of international agreements, from driftnets to the space station / / Richard J. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : Resources for the Future, c2009

ISBN

1-136-52738-9

1-936331-11-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

344.04/6

Soggetti

Environmental law, International

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"An RFF Press book"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Earth's ozone shield -- The driftnet dilemma -- Acid rains on Canadian-U.S. relations -- Caribou in the oil patch -- The U.S.-USSR science agreement -- Space station partnership -- Human rights and the environment -- Fishing in the donut hole -- On finding common ground.

Sommario/riassunto

In this thought-provoking new book, career U.S. State Department negotiator Richard J. Smith offers readers unprecedented access to the details about some of the most complex and politically charged international agreements of the late and immediate post Cold War era. During his nine years as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Smith led U.S. negotiations on many significant international agreements. In Negotiating Environment and Science, Smith presents first-hand, in-depth accounts of eight of the most high-prof