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 Rowena Maguire
Faculty of Law, School of Law
Thesis Title: (working) Towards an integrated legal regime for sustainable forest management
Current Thesis Abstract: The thesis compromises two major case studies. First an analysis of the legal rules, responsibilities and duties in operation at the international level to produce or encourage the goal of sustainable forest management. And second an analysis which follows the progress of international forestry law into the Australian domestic legal framework. The thesis will be putting forward a strong argument for reform of forestry law, at both the international and domestic level. Attention will be directed towards the requirements for greater consistency between forest norms and values and for greater integration of the institutions involved in forest regulation at both the international and domestic level.
Many challenges exist for international and domestic forestry law. The lack of legal commitments concerning forestry stems from the underlying political nature of forests. Forests are endowed with a wide range of anthropocentric values. These include three main categories: ecological and environmental values, social and cultural values and trade and development values. The legal system attempts to recognise and to some extent balance each of these values against one another so as to produce the fair and equitable use of forest areas. This thesis hopes to make recommendations which will encourage the equitable recognition of all forest values.
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