For those interested, my International Environmental Agreements Database is at http://iea.uoregon.edu/ With respect to multilaterals, it defines the terms for inclusion/exclusion ("multilateral", "env'l", "agreement") explicitly and includes agreements (and text) from pre-1900 (16 agreements) through the present (9 agreements for 2010). It's quite comprehensive but if anyone identifies missing agreements, please let me know and I will add them. Currently, my count for Multilateral Environmental Agreements counting agreements, protocols, and amendments separately is 1045 see: http://tinyurl.com/3nzefcd I am happy helping people doing research on this -- if you can't find what you want on the site, let me know and I can re-aggregate stuff as needed. Best, Ron -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marc Levy Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 6:23 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [gep-ed] number of environmental agreements? There is no official list of environmental treaties, primarily because there is no official list of environmental issues (for reasons easy to conjure). In our database we have 464 multilateral environmental agreements (http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/entri/). Ecolex has 663 multilateral environmental agreements in its database (http://www.ecolex.org/). Both systems permit easy searching, subsetting and downloading. We are working together to harmonize, and involving Ron Mitchell in the effort as well. - Marc On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Maria Ivanova <[email protected]> wrote: > I was recently wondering too where the 500 international environmental > agreements figure comes from. This is what UNEP cites in many of their > publications but there is no citation, no database and I have no idea > whether this is the correct number. Ron Mitchells database is perhaps the > best source for real data on this question. > Maria > > Dr. Maria Ivanova > John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies > University of Massachusetts Boston > Tel. +1 617 287 7263 > Mobile +1 203 606 4640 > [email protected] > > Director, Global Environmental Governance Project > Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy > www.environmentalgovernance.org > > > > > On 4/1/11 5:21 PM, "Radoslav Dimitrov" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does anyone know the exact number of multilateral env. agreements today? > (Yes, yes, i should know this ...) > > Radoslav S. Dimitrov, Ph.D. > Associate Professor > Department of Political Science > University of Western Ontario > Social Science Centre > London, Ontario > Canada N6A 5C2 > Tel. +1(519) 661-2111 ext. 85023 > Fax +1(519) 661-3904 > Email: [email protected] > > On 2011-04-01, at 4:37 PM, Ronnie Lipschutz wrote: > > To quote Richard Nixon, "But that would be wrong!" > > Marc Levy wrote: > > They want $25 for an educational powerpoint license! I wonder how > many educators pay the license. If it were a couple bucks I'd do it. > But my interpretation of fair use is that I'm entitled to use the > low-resolution image they show in the search results in a lecture for > free, so why would I pay $25? > > > On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 3:24 PM, VanDeveer, Stacy > <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Marc and Dana -- > Like others on the list, I imagine, I will blame you both for the hours lost > in the New Yorker cartoon archive! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Marc Levy > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 3:07 PM > To: Dana R Fisher > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [gep-ed] Seeking New Yorker Cartoon > > Thanks, Dana. That was easier than I expected. It didn't show up under the > keyword "aliens" but it did come back after searching "discounted" > > http://www.cartoonbank.com/1986/drat-i-suppose-the-market-has-already-discou nted-this-too/invt/116696/ > > > > On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Dana R Fisher <[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Marc: > > You can search on the New Yorker's Cartoon archive...it should be there. > > Good luck, > > Dana > > -- > Dana R. Fisher, Ph.D. > University of Maryland > Department of Sociology > 2112 Art-Sociology > College Park, MD 20742 > [email protected] > phone: 301-405-6469 > www.bsos.umd.edu/socy/drfisher <http://www.bsos.umd.edu/socy/drfisher> > > > > > > > >
