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Local Agriculture Perspectives In The Middle Rio Grande Valley, Cecilia Rosacker-Mccord

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A Basin-Wide Approach To Water Management In The Middle Rio Grande Valley, Rolf Schmidt-Petersen

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Roots Of The Grassroots: An Introduction To The Issue, Paul Stanton Kibel, Edward J. Lubarsky

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Advisory Committee Recommendations - The Utton Center Model Interstate Water Compact, State Bar Center, State Bar Of New Mexico

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Model Interstate Water Compact, Ken Knox

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Rio Grande Designs: Texans' Nafta Water Claim Against Mexico, Paul S. Kibel, Jonathan R. Schultz

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Our article begins with an analysis of the historical context and key provisions in the 1944 Rivers Treaty between Mexico and the United States. Next, we explain the expropriation claims process established by NAFTA's Chapter 11 and describe the environmental controversy that has arisen over its implementation. We follow with an account of the Texans' NAFTA water claim against Mexico, including an analysis of this claim's relation to the Tulare Lake decision and parallel dispute resolution proceedings at the International and Boundary Waters Commission.

At the end of this review, our finding is that the Texans' NAFTA water claim against …

The Insistent (And Unrelenting) Challenges Of Protecting Biodiversity In Brazil: Finding The Law That Sticks, Colin Crawford, Guilherme Pignataro

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Following the introduction, Part I of this article will outline threats to biodiversity within Brazil's borders. Because this is a topic that has already been explored extensively, this article makes no attempt to cover that ground exhaustively. Instead, Part I will attempt to highlight the variety and extent of Brazilian ecosystems and the biodiversity within them. Part I will also discuss current and emerging threats to biodiversity in Brazil, and above all, threats that have become even more real since the United Nation's celebrated "Earth Summit," held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. In particular, Part I will focus on …

The People Down The Hill: Parks Equity In San Francisco's East Bay, Paul Stanton Kibel

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The public parkland system managed by the East Bay Regional Park District (East Bay Parks) is impressive in its geographic scope. It covers nearly 100,000 acres of land in Alameda and Contra Costa counties east of San Francisco, with 55 separate units comprising 14 Regional Parks, 19 Regional Preserves, 9 Regional Recreation Areas and 13 Regional Shorelines. The acreage under East Bay Parks’ jurisdiction constitutes the largest regional metropolitan regional park system in the United States. In selecting East Bay Parks as an initial focus of environmental justice inquiry, this article is mindful that East Bay Parks is only one …

Strategies For Implementing The Environmental Justice Vision, Clifford Rechtschaffen

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Judging Treaties, Lakshman Guruswamy

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