Environmental Law Resources
What is ECOLEX?
ECOLEX is an internet database providing the most comprehensive, global source of information on environmental law. Operated jointly by the FAO, IUCN, and UNEP, it combines the environmental law information holdings of those three organizations. ECOLEX contains comprehensive bibliographic and analytical information as well as full text links to more than 1,100 multilateral and bilateral agreements, 62,000 on national legislation, 420 court decisions, and 28,000 records on literature on law and policy.
Using ECOLEX
Searching ECOLEX is easy. The portal offers a user-friendly Google-type feature by which the user can find information in all or selected datasets. For the more advanced user, ECOLEX includes specially tailored search forms for each of the datasets.
ECOLEX covers all aspects of environmental and natural resources conservation, including subjects such as fresh and marine water, air and atmosphere, soil and land use, species and ecosystems, fisheries and forestry, hazardous substances and waste, as well as food and agriculture.
All information has been analyzed and indexed in a standardized way, with descriptors such as country, name, territory, region, keywords, etc. harmonized.
ECOLEX is free of charge and has a trilingual user interface that allows users to search in English, French, and Spanish.
Visit ECOLEX at www.ecolex.org.
Treaties
This website compiles numerous treaties relating to international environmental law.
Introduction to International Environmental Law
During the Fall 2011 semester, Professor David Hunter gave a lecture at the School of International Service. This lecture gave an "Introduction to International Environmental Law." If you want to watch an overview, you can do so here.
