Established in 1990, the Yearbook of International Environmental Law has fast been recognized as a vital source of information and analysis in an increasingly important legal field. The contributors for Volume 8 are drawn from experts across the world who, together with two new general editors - Jutta Brunnée (University of British Columbia, Canada) and Ellen Hey (Erasmus University, Netherlands) - have created the best source of information on world-wide events in this field.