Nature conservation law - Colin T Reid

Nature Conservation Law, 2nd Edition, is a straightforward guide explaining the legal framework for nature conservation. The book sets out and explains the various parts of the law in Scotland governing nature conservation to guide all who share a professional interest in the subject. No other book deals with this complex and increasingly significant area of law in such a comprehensive and clear style. Nature Conservation Law illustrates the boundaries on what public authorities are permitted or required to do and on what individuals can be forced to do or abstain from doing, clearly demonstrating how these limits have a major effect on commercial and recreational use of land. As biodiversity becomes an increasingly important element in environmental policy, this book not only provides you with coverage of the central provisions on species and habitat protection, and also places the legislation in its wider legal context. It provides an excellent account of the legal protection given to wildlife and habitats throughout Britain, giving particular emphasis to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. This updated second edition takes account of all legislative changes since 1993.;The author also looks at the subject from a UK perspective.