Faure, Michael; De Smedt, Peter; Stas, An --- "Introduction" [2015] ELECD 358; in Faure, Michael; De Smedt, Peter; Stas, An (eds), "Environmental Enforcement Networks" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015) 1

Book Title: Environmental Enforcement Networks

Editor(s): Faure, Michael; De Smedt, Peter; Stas, An

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781783477395

Section Title: Introduction

Author(s): Faure, Michael; De Smedt, Peter; Stas, An

Number of pages: 10

Abstract/Description:

This book is the result of an international conference that has been organized on 13–14 November 2013 in Brussels by the Flemish High Council of Environmental Enforcement under the auspices of the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE). The main goal of the conference and hence of this resulting volume was to address the phenomenon of networking with respect to the enforcement of environmental law in a more systemic and academic manner. There has been for a long time in many countries experience with a large variety of different networks in the area of environmental enforcement. The reasons for the creation of those networks are usually relatively straightforward: given limited assets of enforcement agencies, there is a lot to be gained by joining forces and by sharing information via networking. The bottom line is hence that networking can increase the effectiveness of environmental enforcement and therefore equally contribute to the quality of the environment.