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Book Reviews and New Publications
Environmental Justice and the Rights of Ecological Refugees by Laura Westra. London, UK: Earthscan, 2009. 302 pp., £65.00, hardback. Environmental problems such as climate change are increasingly posing severe challenges for vulnerable communities of the Global South. As a result, millions of people are forced to flee the deteriorating living circumstances. Meanwhile, their rights are not adequately protected through international law.