Includes bibliographical references and index.

Life, health and the environment : the denied connection / Laura Westra -- Keeping nature alive : ethical principles on the environment and human health in state statutes / Katy Kintzele -- Human rights, environmental duties : an ecological interpretation of international law / Megan Mitchell -- The common heritage principle and public health : honouring our legacy / Prue Taylor -- Aldo Leopold's concept of land health : implications for sound public health policy / Paul Carrick -- Valuation ecosystem services as an instrument for implementation of the European landscape convention / Joseph Sejak, Pavel Cudlin and Jan Pokorný -- Less energy, better health? / Jack Manno -- Canada's "rogue nation" position on asbestos / Colin L. Soskolne and Kathleen Ruff -- Public health and primary prevention : past and present opportunities and barriers / Vladimir Bencko and John Quinn -- Public health care in the time of transition : the need to revert to basics / Donald Spady -- Migrants' access to healthcare in the Czech Republic : ethical challenges / Helena Hnilicová and Karolína Dobiášová -- Gender, violation of human rights and mental health / Yuliya Lyamzina -- The efficiency of cost-controlpolicies in health care : does economic efficiency imply sustainability? -- / tomas zeleny -- Ethical obligations of individuals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions / Don Brown -- Domains of climate ethics / Konrad Ott and Cristian Baatz -- Climate change and law : a constitutional perspective / Antonio D'Aloia -- International groundwater law / Joe Dellapenna -- Environmental protection and the human right to water : complimentarity and tension -- The challenges of creating new human rights / Kathleen Mahoney -- The protection of cultural landscapes and indigenous heritage in international investment law / Valentina Vadi -- "Some for all, forever" : a southern perspective on poverty, access to water, environmental health and the north-south divide / Louis J. Kotzé -- Are cows "climate killers?" / Franz-Theo Gottwald -- Food security, public health, financial regimes and international law / John Quinn and Vladimir Bencko -- Re-examining health protection in international environmental regulation / William Onzivu -- The human impact on the ecosystem : past, present and future / Brunetto Chiarelli -- Introducing the rule of ecological law / Geoffrey Garver.