The Somaliland Development Fund (SDF) is a 4 - year fund designed to support the Government of Somaliland (GoSL) filling a critical gap supporting projects that are fully aligned to the National Development Plan (NDP). SDF is currently funded by the Department for International Development

YIEL is currently recruiting contributors for the following reports within the Year in Review section of the Yearbook: Human Rights and the Environment Institutional Developments Transboundary Environmental Cooperation / Prior Information/Consultation/Environmental Impact Assessment Transboundary Environmental Cooperation / Non-Compliance Procedures Marine Pollution/Ocean Dumping International Transfer of Restricted or Prohibited Substances Antarctica Antarctic Bioprospecting Nature Conservation:

Oxford University Press is seeking to recruit two new Editors-in-Chief (see below) for the Yearbook of International Environmental Law (http://yielaw.oxfordjournals.org/). Interested parties are invited to apply as soon as possible (deadline end February 2015) with a CV and a brief statement detailing their interest in

Le statut juridique de l’eau à l’épreuve des exigences environnementales (The legal status of water in relation to environmental requirements), by Julia Gudefin, published by Editions Johanet, Paris, 2015,  reviews different legal regimes of water resources and the manner in which they relate to resource

On 6 January 2015, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, acting in his capacity as depositary for the UN Watercourses Convention, issued a formal notice that the State of Palestine had acceded to the Convention and that the Convention will enter into force for Palestine on 2 April 2015. 

This book provides an overview of the international legal rules governing the management of shared water resources, ranging from traditional water law to more recent trends, i.e., the application of international environmental law, economic law and human right law. Particular attention is paid to the