Human rights and the environment : conflicts and norms in a globalizing world / edited by Lyuba Zarsky.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The rights of indigenous peoples in international law / Fergus MacKay --Global reach : human rights and environment in the framework of corporate accountability / Lyuba Zarsky -- Mining in Suriname: Multinationals, the State and the Maroon Community of Nieuw Koffiekamp / Fergus MacKay -- Environmental human rights and mining conflicts in Ghana / Douglas Korsah-Brown -- Conflicts over transnational oil and gas development off Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East: ADavid and Goliath tale / Erika Rosenthal -- Environmental and human rights impacts of trade liberalization: a case study in Batam Island, Indonesia / Agus Sari-- Global norms, local compliance and the human rights-environment nexus : a case study of the Nam Theun II Dam in Laos / Philip Hirsch -- The Darien region between Colombia and Panama: Gap or seal? / Pascal O. Girot -- Environmental, development and human rights in China: A case study of foreign waste dumping / Changhua Wu and Simon Wang -- Environment and land in Bushbuckridge, South A