The world summit on sustainable development: Environment, precaution and trade - A potential for success and/or failure

Review of European Community and International Environmental Law

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-22

  Perrez, Franz Xaver ^a  

^a Intl Div of the Swiss Agency   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0037528813     PISSN: 09628797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9388.00340     Document Type: Article

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