Oxford LibGuides: Environmental Law: Sustainable development

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Sustainable Development Goals Tracker
Global Environment Facility
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
A/RES/70/1
UN's sustainable development knowledge platform
Official website.
Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development 2002
A/CONF.199/20
CSD: Commission on Sustainable Development
Official website The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was established by the UN General Assembly in December 1992 to ensure effective follow-up of United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Earth Summit
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development 1992
On UN website A/CONF.151/26 (Vol. I)
Agenda 21 1992
UN Doc. A/CONF.151/26/REV.1 Download available from UN official website
United Nations Environment Programme environment for development
Official website
AgroecologyLex
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This database is constantly updated. The information provided by the database allows users to have the complete text of the document as well as a detailed abstract of the contents, focused primarily on the purpose and specific objectives, institutional frameworks and main forms of support, in order to support transitions from conventional agriculture to agroecological approaches.
IIED: International Institute for Environment & Development
Official website of "one of the world’s most influential international development and environment policy research organisations."
OECD Green growth and sustainable development
Section of official website
IMF & the environment
Section of the official website of International Monetary Fund. Some of its research is made available free.
World Bank:
Section of official website. "The World Bank Group brings together knowledge and expertise across all major sectors of development. Our goal is to help developing countries find solutions to the toughest global and local development challenges—from adapting to climate change to boosting food security or fighting corruption. Browse by development topics listed below or learn more about how we’re organized to address these development challenges"
Legal bases for the management of forest resources as common property
FAO publication 1999 by John W Bruce

(International) Sustainable development

For specific subject search to find commentary in SOLO:

Sustainable development -- Law and legislation

Sustainable development -- International cooperation

Of course topic may also be a chapter or more in works classified as Environmental law, International

Subject searches for the wider topic, not just the legal dimension

Environmental management
Economic development -- Environmental aspects
Social responsibility of business
Applied ecology

Sustainable Development
The evolution of sustainable development in international law : inception, meaning and status
Remote access requires Oxford SSO. Online access to 2008 Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law Brill publication by Nico Schrijver.

Sustainable Development Law : principles, practices and prospects by Ashfaq Khalfan; Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger
Call Number: Internat 610 S455a
ISBN: 0199276706
Publication Date: 2005
Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link
The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development by Jorge E. Viñuales (Editor)
Call Number: Internat 610 V794.5a
ISBN: 0199686777
Publication Date: 2015
Holders of an Oxford SSO can also read this online via title link.
The General Exception Clauses of the TRIPS Agreement: Promoting Sustainable Development by Edson, Edson Beas Rodrigues, Jr
Call Number: Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.
ISBN: 1107017483
Publication Date: 2012-04-12
Print copy is at Internat 590 R696.5a, Level 3
Foreign Investment and the Environment in International Law by Jorge E. Viñuales
Call Number: Internat 500 V794.5a
ISBN: 9781107006386
Publication Date: 2012
Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link

Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

Small Island Developing States (SDG Knowledge Platform)
Home page for SIDs within this platform - see below for quick links to pages within this section
Small Island Developing States List
Inter-Agency Consultative Group (IACG) on SIDS
UNCTAD & SIDS
Section of official website
UNESCO & SIDS
Section of official website

Weaving Intellectual Property Policy in Small Island Developing States by Miranda Forsyth; Sue Farran
Call Number: General 510 F735.5a
ISBN: 1780682255
Publication Date: 2015