Can environmental institutions be effective at bringing about a
healthier environment? How? Institutions for the Earth takes a
close look at the factors influencing organized responses to seven
international environmental problems - oil pollution from tankers,
acid rain in Europe, stratospheric ozone depletion, pollution of
the North Sea and Baltic, mismanagement of fisheries,
overpopulation, and misuses of farm chemicals to determine the
roles that environmental institutions have played in attempting to
solve them. Through rigorous, systematic comparison, it reveals
common patterns that can lead to improvements in the collective
management of these problems and suggests ways in which
international institutions can further the case of environmental
protection.The contributors identify three major functions
performed by effective international environmental institutions:
building national capacity, improving the contractual environment,
and elevating governmental concern. The international organizations
analyzed within this framework include the United Nations
Environment Program, the Intergovernmental Maritime Organization,
the Food and Agriculture Organization, numerous fisheries
commissions, the Commission for Europe, theOslo and Paris
Commissions, the Helsinki Commission, and the United Nations Fund
for Population Assistance.Peter M. Haas is Associate Professor of
Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Robert 0. Keohane is Stanfield Professor of International Peace at
Harvard University. Marc A. Levy is Assistant Professor of Politics
and International Affairs at Princeton University and Associate at
Harvard's Center for International Affairs.
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