Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: a brief history of environmental rights and the development of standards / Stephen J. Turner -- Environmental rights and international human rights covenants: what standards are relevant? / Sumudu Attapatu -- The ECHR, environment-based human rights claims and the search for standards / Karen Morrow -- The American Convention on Human Rights and environmental rights standards / Evadnâe Grant -- The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and environmental rights standards / Louis Kotzâe and Anâel du Plessis -- The Aarhus Convention: standards for access to justice in environmental matters / âAine Ryall -- The emergence of standards regarding the right of access to water and sanitation / Owen McIntyre -- Standards in the procedural rights of multilateral environmental agreements / Lara Ognibene and Angela Kariuki -- A stock-taking of FPIC standards in international environmental law / Jona Razzaque -- Environmental standards and the right to life in India : regulatory frameworks and judicial enterprise / Gitanjali N. Gill -- Environmental standards in the Portuguese Constitution / Alexandra Aragäao -- The Argentinean Constitution and its relationship with environmental standards / Silvia Nonna -- The South African Constitution - Standards of Environmental Protection / Nathan J. Cooper -- The French Charter of the Environment and Standards of Environmental Protection / David Marrani and Stephen J. Turner -- The Constitution of Bhutan : a quantitative environmental standard / Stephen J. Turner -- The rights to nature: guiding our responsibilities through standards / Craig Kauffman and Linda Sheehan -- Standards in sub-national environmental constitutionalism / Erin Daly and James R. May -- Conclusion: analyzing the development of standards in the field of environmental rights / Stephen J. Turner.