Roy Gardner and Luz Nagle

Roy has organized the following panel for the ABA International Law Section’s October 2007 meeting in London. Luz is one of the panelists for the program.

October 3 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm
Wetlands in War: International Environmental Law and Damages to Aquatic Resources during Conflict

Public Law

As recent events have demonstrated, the environment is also an unfortunate casualty of war. This panel of experts will review legal and policy issues associated with damage to wetlands and related ecosystems arising from transboundary and internal conflicts, including the relevance of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, damage claims from the first Gulf War, the draining of the Mesopotamian Marshlands by Saddam Hussein, and the impacts on water quality from cocaine production in South America.

Sponsoring Committee:
International Environmental Law Committee

Program Chair:
Royal C. Gardner (Moderator), Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, FL

Speakers:

Nick Davidson (Invited), The Ramsar Convention Secretariat, Gland, Switzerland

Rae Lindsay, Clifford Chance LLP, London, England

Joseph Dellapenna, Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, PA

Luz Estella Nagle, Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, FL