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Summary
Summary
The main focus of this important book is on civil liability regimes to compensate for ecological/environmental damage, the impact of EC decision-making on the international regime for oil pollution damage, the use of environmental funds in this respect, the economic valuation of damage to the environment from a theoretical perspective and the application of the Contingent Valuation Method in Belgium for ecological damage at sea.
Author Notes
Frank Maes is professor of Public International Law, in particular International Environmental Law at Ghent University (Belgium) and research director at the Maritime Institute of Ghent University. He is mainly involved in the co-ordination and promotion of research projects on the protection of seas and oceans, fresh water legislation, climate change and sustainable development. He is also frequently acting as advisor to governments and non-governmental organizations on aspects of international environmental law.
Table of Contents
| Part I Legal Aspects of Environmental Damage |
| 1 Estimating damages under the 2004 EC Directive on Environmental LiabilityEdward H.P. Brans |
| 2 Environmental Damage and Belgian LawLaurent Proot and Hubert Bocken |
| 3 Compensation for Ecological Damage and Latvian LawLaila Medin |
| Part II International and Regional Funds for Compensation for Damage to the Marine Environment |
| 1 Scope of Compensation for Environmental Damage Under the1992 Civil Liability Convention and the 1992 Fund ConventionJoe Nichols |
| 2 The Canadian SSOP Fund And Environmental Damage Assessment (EDA) in CanadaKen A. Mac Innis |
| 3 The Impact of EC Decision-making on the International Regime for Oil Pollution Damage: the Supplementary Fund ExampleGwendoline Gonsaeles |
| Part III Economic Valuation of Damage to the Marine Environment |
| 1 Economic Assessment of marine Quality Benefits: Applying the use of Non-market Valuation MethodsPaulo A.L.D. Nunes and Arianne T. De Blaeij |
| 2 A Contingent Valuation Study of an Accidental Oil Spill along The Belgian CoastKarl Van Biervliet and Dirk Le Roy and Paulo A.L.D. Nunes |
| Part IV Trade-off Between Environmental and Socio-Economic Factors in the Belgian Part of the North Sea |
| 1 The use of Mathematical Models for Estimating Oil Pollution Damage at SeaSerge Scory |
| 2 Socio-economic Value of the Human Activities in the Marine Environment: the Belgian CaseFanny Douvere |
