Wetlands and international environmental law : the evolution and impact of the ramsar convention / edited by Royal C. Gardner (Hugh F. Culverhouse Professor of Law and Director, Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy, Stetson University College of Law, USA), Richard Caddell (Reader in Marine and Environmental Law, School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University, UK), and Erin Okuno (Assistant Professor of Law, Stetson University College of Law, USA).

Contents: Preface
Introduction / Royal C Gardner, Richard Caddell, and Erin Okuno
Part I. The ramsar convention - development and interpretation
1. The ramsar convention at 50: Cultural narratives, enlightenment, and the wetland conservation project / Michael Bowman
2. The ramsar convention and the concept of consensus / Royal C. Gardner
3. Ramsar sites and their ecological character: A cornerstone of the ramsar convention on wetlands / Royal C. Gardner, Marcela Bonells, and Katherine Pratt
4. The 'wise use' of wetlands / Edward J. Goodwin
5. Compensatory mechanisms and the loss of wetlands / Jerneja Penca
6. Indigenous peoples and local communities: Wetlands management and the ramsar convention / Simon Marsden
Part II. Wetlands and the international legal ecosystem
7. Birds of a feather? The inter-relationship between the ramsar convention and the migratory waterbird regimes / Melissa Lewis
8. The ramsar convention and the convention on biological diversity: Proposals for enhanced cooperation, synergies, and interoperability for the kunming-montreal global biodiversity framework / Teresa Fajardo
9. The ramsar convention and general international water law: Complementary and mutually supportive regimes / Owen McIntyre
10. The cultural values and services of wetlands: Evolution and obligations under the ramsar convention / Evan Hamman
11. Wetlands, climate change, and international law / An Cliquet
12. 'Within and without': EU nature conservation law and the protection of wetlands / Richard Caddell
13. Rights of wetlands and the ramsar convention / Erin Okuno.