Symposium - Challenges for Environmental Law

05 février 2019

13h30 - 17h30

Universiteit Gent

Auditorium C, Faculty of Law and Criminology

This symposium is organised within the framework of the International Francqui Professor Chair 2018 -19, which Alexander Gillespie holds at the Faculty of Law and Criminology of Ghent University (Department of European, Public and International Law), in collaboration with the SERES.

Program

13.30 - 14.00 Coffee

14.00 - 14.05 Introduction

14.05 - 14.20 Fresh Water, Prof . Alexander Gillespie, Waikato University, New Zealand

14.20 - 14.35 Climate change, Prof. Charles-Hubert Born, UCLouvain

14.35 - 14.50 Ecological restoration, Prof. An Cliquet, Ghent University

14.50 - 15.05 Biodiversity loss, Dr. Hendrik Schoukens, Ghent University

15.05 - 15.30 Coffee

15.30 - 15.45 Land degradation, Prof. Bernard Vanheusden, Hasselt University

15.45 -16.00 Land use change, Prof. Geert Van Hoorick, Ghent University

16.00 - 16.15 Air pollution, Prof. Delphine Misonne, UCLouvain Saint-Louis - Bruxelles

16.15 - 16.30 Marine pollution, Prof. Frank Maes, Ghent University

16.30 - 16.45 General principles of environmental law, Prof. Luc Lavrysen, Ghent University

16.45 - 17.30 Questions and discussion

 

Attendance is free, but registration is required before 29 January 2019.