Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Module Identifier
LAM5410
Module Title
Nature Conservation Law
Academic Year
2013/2014
Co-ordinator
Semester
Distance Learning
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Other | Private study on DL units; Preparation and submission of written assignment; Additional research and private study |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Module Assessment Written Assignment of 5,000 words | 100% |
Brief description
The topics covered in this module include an examination of the legal and economic instruments used for promoting nature conservation, as well as the legal protection that exists for endangered/vulnerable species of flora and fauna. Habitat protection is also considered ? Sites of Special Scientific Interest under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and also mechanisms under planning law. These provisions will be critically assessed and the possible reform of the measures will be discussed. As well as the in-depth analysis of UK law, there will also be consideration of the European Wild Birds Directive 1979 and the Habitats and Species Directive 1992. The implementation of these Directives in the UK will be examined and assessed.
Reading List
Recommended TextAlder, John Environmental Law and Ethics Document 15. Read: Chapter 9 (1998). Macmillan Primo search Ball, Simon. Ball & Bell on environmental law Document 12. Read: pp.623-627 and pp.642-647 (5th edition) edition 5th Blackstone Primo search Department of the Environment Financial guidelines for management agreements Document 37. Read: Financial Guidelines for Management Agreements under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Department of the Environment/Welsh Office Circular 4/83) Her Majesty's Stationery Office Primo search Haigh, Nigel EEC environmental policy and Britain Document 11. read: Chapter 8 (1989) Longman Primo search Holder, Jane Impact of EC Environmental Law in the United Kingdom Document 31. Read: pages 215 227 - Ball, S, Has the UK Implemented the Habitats Directive Properly? Wiley Primo search Reid, Colin Nature Conservation Law Document 13. Read: various extracts edition 2r.e. W.Green Primo search Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Management agreements for promoting nature conservation Document 30. Read: Rodgers C and Bishop J Management Agreements for Promoting Nature Conservation (1998 RICS) chapters 2, 3, 4 & 5 (ISBN 0-85406-9283) 42 pages R.I.C.S Primo search Agriculture,Conservation and Land Use Document 10. Read: Chapter 5, Withrington and Jones, "Enforcement of Conservation Legislation: Protecting Sites of Special Scientific Interest", . Univ.Wales P. Primo search Agriculture,Conservation and Land Use Document 40. Read: Chapt. 7 - Rodgers, C.P. Land Management Agreements and Agricultural Practice Towards an Integrated Legal Framework for Conservation Law. Univ.Wales P. Primo search Nature Conservation and Countryside Law Document 24. Read: Chapter 4 - Ball, S. Reforming the Law of Habitat Protection Univ.Wales P. Primo search Planning and Environmental Protection Document 29. Read: pp 91-115 Rodgers, C. Planning and Nature Conservation: Law in the Service of Biodiversity?.. Hart Publishing Primo search All England Law Reports http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=all+england+law+reports&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 14. Read: Robinson v Whittle [1980] 3 All ER 459 All England Law Reports http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=all+england+law+reports&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 38. Read: Thomas v. Countryside Council for Wales [1994] 4 All ER 461 (Rougier J). All England Law Reports http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=all+england+law+reports&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 6A. Read: Southern Water v. Nature Conservancy Council [1992] 3 All E.R. 481. Environmental law reports http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=environmental+law+reports&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 2. Read: R v. NCC ex parte London Brick Co Ltd. [1996] Env LR 1 Environmental law reports http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=environmental+law+reports&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 21. Read: Commission of the European Communities v Netherlands [1999] Env.L.R. 147, Case C-3/96. Environmental law reports http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=environmental+law+reports&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 3. Read: R v. NCC ex parte Bolton Metropolitan BC [1995] Env LR 237 European Court reports http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=european+court+reports&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 18. Read: Commission v. Spain [1993] ECR 1-4221, Case C-355/90 (the Santona marshes case). European Court reports http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=european+court+reports&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 19. Read: R. V. Secretary of State for the Environment ex parte Royal Society for the Protection of Birds [1996] ECR 3805, [1997] QB 206. Case C-44/95. European Court reports http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=european+court+reports&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 20. Read: Commission v. Germany [1991] ECR 1-883, Case C-57/89 (the "Leybucht Dykes" case Journal of environmental law http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=Journal+of+environmental+law&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 5. Read: North Uist Fisheries v Secretary of State (1992) JEL Journal of environmental law http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=Journal+of+environmental+law&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 7. Read: Fry, M. Eco Vandalism at Sites of Special Scientific Interest (1993) 5 JEL 109 Journal of environmental law http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=Journal+of+environmental+law&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 9. Read: R v Poole B.C. ex parte BeeBee (1991) 3 JEL 293 Journal of planning and environment law http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=Journal+of+Planning+and+Environment+Law+&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 32. Read: Rodgers, C.P. Managing Natura 2000: Problems for Implementing European Wildlife Law in the UK(2001)JPL 2001, MAR Pp 265-283 Journal of planning and environment law http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=Journal+of+Planning+and+Environment+Law+&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 4. Read: Sweet v Secretary of State [1989] JPL 927 Law reports : Queen's Bench Division http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=law+reports+queens+bench&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 25. Read: R. V. Secretary of State for Trade and Industry ex parte Greenpeace Ltd (1999) QB (Kay J.). Official Journal of the European Communities: L http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=official+journal+of+the+european+communities%3A+L&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 26. Read: European Commissions Opinion on the proposed A20 Motor way through the Peene valley, Germany, OJ 1996 No. L6/14 Public General Acts http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=Public+general+acts&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 34. Read: National Parks and Access to Countryside Act 1949, Ss. 16-20 Public General Acts http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=Public+general+acts&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 35. Read: Countryside Act 1968, section 15,16 Public General Acts http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=Public+general+acts&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 6. Read: Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 Scots law times http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=scots+law+times&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 39. Read: Cameron v. Nature Conservancy Council 1991 SLT 85 Statutory Instruments http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=statutory+instruments&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 Document 27. Read: Conservation (Natural Habitats & Co.) reg. 1994 (SI 1994/2716) Approach to selection of a UK list of possible Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) http://www.jncc.gov.uk/ProtectedSites/SACselection/uk_approach_considerations.htm Document 23. Read: Approach to selection of a UK list of possible Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the Conservation of Wild Birds http://www.inf.aber.ac.uk/academicliaison/elecinfo.asp Document 16. Read: Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the Conservation of Wild Birds Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora http://www.inf.aber.ac.uk/academicliaison/elecinfo.asp Document 17. Read: Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora Guidelines on Management Agreement Payments and Related Matters (DETR 2001) http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/cl/gmapay/pdf/payments.pdf Document 36. Read: Guidelines on Management Agreement Payments and Related Matters (DETR 2001) Managing Natura 2000: the provisions of Article 6 of the Habitats Directive 92/43 EEC (European Comm http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/nature/natura.htm Document 28. Read: Managing Natura 2000: the provisions of Article 6 of the Habitats Directive 92/43 EEC (European Commission, 2000) Planning Policy Guidance Note 9 (Nature Conservation, 1994) http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_control/documents/contentservertemplate/odpm_index.hcst?n=3401&l=3 Document 8. Read: Planning Policy Guidance Note 9 (Nature Conservation, 1994), Sites of Special Scientific Interest : Government's Framework for Action http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/consult/sssi/response/ Document 33 a). Read: Sites of Special Scientific Interest : Better Protection and Management (DETR 1998) Sites of Special Scientific Interest : Government's Framework for Action http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/consult/sssi/response/ Document 33 b). Read: Sites of Special Scientific Interest : the Governments Framework for Action (DETR 1999) The Habitats Directive: selection of Special Areas of Conservation in the UK http://www.jncc.gov.uk/ProtectedSites/SACselection/ Document 22. Read: The Habitats Directive: selection of Special Areas of Conservation in the UK, JNCC Report No.270, edited by AE Brown, A.J. Burn, J.J. Hopkins, and S.F. Wray. Supplementary Text
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Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7