International natural resources law, investment and sustainability / Edited by Shawkat Alam, Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan and Jona Razzaque.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Part I. Natural resources law and investment law: interactions. Foreword / Elizabeth Maruma Mrema -- 1. International natural resources law and sustainable investment: principles and practices / Shawkat Alam, Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan, Jona Razzaque -- 2. Sovereign rights, state obligations and natural resources / Upendra Baxi -- 3. Evolution of the permanent sovereignty over natural resources in the context of the investment regime / Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan -- Part II. Balancing competing interests. Foreword / Kamal Hossain -- 4. Natural resources management and sustainable development in the WTO legal system: implications for the investment regime / Ilaria Espa -- 5. Natural resource protection in regional and bilateral investment agreements: in search of an equitable balance for promoting sustainable development / Shawkat Alam -- 6. Arbitration and natural resource protection / Mariel Dimsey -- 7. Expropriation, nationalisation and resource protection -- 'resource nationalism' and international law / Jürgen Bröhmer -- 8. Regulatory strategies, CSR and resource protection / Paolo Galizzi, Emily Smith Ewing -- 9. State owned oil companies, North-South and South-South perspectives on investment / Elena Merino Blanco -- Part III. Changing dynamics. Foreword / Philippe Cullet -- 10. Water, investment and sustainability / Rebecca Bates -- 11. Sustainable agricultural investment and the Global South / Jona Razzaque, Phuong Le -- 12. Sustainable mining, human rights and foreign investment: Nexus and challenges / Abdullah Al Faruque -- 13. International indigenous rights, investment and sustainability in the mining sector / Andrew Erueti, Sarah Down, Jacinta Ruru -- 14. Financing energy resources and sustainable development / Priscilla Schwartz -- 15. Carbon trading as a climate change mitigation tool / Beatriz Garcia -- 16. Modern biofuels: the road to integrated sustainability / Feja Lesniewska -- Part IV. Conflict, corruption and liability. Foreword / Benjamin J. Richardson -- 17. Natural resources, conflict and investment: conflict minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the challenges to sustainable investment / Onita Das -- 18. Corruption, investment and natural resources / Adam Simpson -- 19. Criminal liability for exploitation of natural resources / Michael Faure.