Part of Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation
Institutions for the Earth
Edited by Peter M. Haas, Robert O. Keohane and Marc A. Levy
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$40.00
Published on Apr 13, 1993 | 460 Pages
Published on Apr 13, 1993 | 460 Pages
The contributors identify three major functions performed by effective international environmental institutions: building national capacity, improving the contractual environment, and elevating governmental concern. The international organizations analyzed within this framework include the United Nations Environment Program, the Intergovernmental Maritime Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, numerous fisheries commissions, the Commission for Europe, the Oslo and Paris Commissions, the Helsinki Commission, and the United Nations Fund for Population Assistance.