David Takacs

University of California Hastings College of the Law

Associate Professor

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1.

A Response to the IPCC Fifth Assessment

Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2015, Albany Law School Research Paper No. 9 for 2015-2016, Touro Law Center Legal Studies Research Paper Series No. 15-42
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 06 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 24 May 2016
Sarah Adams-Schoen, Deepa Badrinarayana, Cinnamon Piñon Carlarne, Robin Kundis Craig, John C. Dernbach, Keith H. Hirokawa, Alexandra B. Klass, Katrina Fischer Kuh, Stephen R. Miller, Jessica Owley, Shannon Roesler, Jonathan D. Rosenbloom, Inara Scott and David Takacs
University of Oregon School of Law, Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law, Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Widener University - Commonwealth Law School, Albany Law School, University of Minnesota Law School, Pace Law School, University of Idaho College of Law - Boise, University of Miami - School of Law, Oklahoma City University - School of Law, Drake University Law School, Oregon State University, College of Business and University of California Hastings College of the Law
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Forest Carbon: Law and Property Rights

Conservation International, 2009
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 21 Aug 2010
David Takacs
University of California Hastings College of the Law
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Forests, forest carbon forest law, property rights, climate change, climate change law, human rights, environmental law, international environmental law

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The Public Trust Doctrine, Environmental Human Rights, and the Future of Private Property

New York University Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 16, p. 711, 2008
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 09 Aug 2010
David Takacs
University of California Hastings College of the Law
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Public Trust Doctrine, Environmental Law, Human Rights, Property Rights, Property Law, International Law, India, South Africa, California, Pennsylvania

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Forest Carbon Projects and International Law: A Deep Equity Legal Analysis

Georgetown International Environmental Law Review, Vol. 22, p. 521, 2010
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 09 Aug 2010
David Takacs
University of California Hastings College of the Law
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Climate Change, Environmental Law, International Human Rights Law, Equity, REDD, Forests, Forest Carbon, Carbon offsets

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Carbon into Gold: Forest Carbon Offsets, Climate Change Adaptation, and International Law

Hastings West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, Vol. 15, p. 39, Winter 2009
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Aug 2010
David Takacs
University of California Hastings College of the Law
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environmental law, climate change, climate change law, human rights, forest carbon, international law, Clean Development Mechanism, mitigation, adaptation

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Environmental Democracy and Forest Carbon (REDD+)

UC Hastings Research Paper No. 103
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 14 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2014
David Takacs
University of California Hastings College of the Law
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REDD+, forests, environmental law, international human rights law, international environmental law, carbon offsets, climate change, sustainable development, Social License to Operate, biodiversity, Vietnam, Cambodia, environmental democracy, forest governance, Kyoto Protocol, Principle 10

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Beyond Zero-Sum Environmentalism

Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 47, No. 4, 2017
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 08 May 2017 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2017
Shalanda Helen Baker, Robin Kundis Craig, John C. Dernbach, Keith H. Hirokawa, Sarah Krakoff, Jessica Owley, Melissa Powers, Shannon Roesler, Jonathan D. Rosenbloom, J. B. Ruhl, James E. Salzman, Inara Scott and David Takacs
Northeastern University - School of Law, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Widener University - Commonwealth Law School, Albany Law School, University of Colorado Law School, University of Miami - School of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School, Oklahoma City University - School of Law, Drake University Law School, Vanderbilt University - Law School, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) - Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, Oregon State University, College of Business and University of California Hastings College of the Law
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Zero Sum, Environmental Law, Rhetoric, Trade Offs

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South Africa and the Human Right to Water: Equity, Ecology, and the Public Trust Doctrine

34 Berkeley Journal of International Law 55 (2016), UC Hastings Research Paper No. 226
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 06 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2017
David Takacs
University of California Hastings College of the Law
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Environmental Law, International Environmental Law, International Human Rights Law, Environmental Human Rights, Sustainable Development, Public Trust Doctrine, Right to Water, Water Law, Comparative Constitutional Law, Ecosystem Services, Constitutional Law, African Studies, Law & Society

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Environmental Law. Disrupted

Environmental Law Reporter, Forthcoming, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 19-14
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 10 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 15 May 2019
Inara Scott, David Takacs, Rebecca M. Bratspies, Vanessa Casado Pérez, Robin Kundis Craig, Keith H. Hirokawa, Blake Hudson, Sarah Krakoff, Katrina Fischer Kuh, Jessica Owley, Melissa Powers, Jonathan D. Rosenbloom, Shannon Roesler, J. B. Ruhl and Erin Ryan
Oregon State University, College of Business, University of California Hastings College of the Law, City University of New York - School of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Albany Law School, University of Houston Law Center, University of Colorado Law School, Pace Law School, University of Miami - School of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School, Drake University Law School, Oklahoma City University - School of Law, Vanderbilt University - Law School and Florida State University, College of Law
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Water Sector Reforms and Principles of International Environmental Law

WATER LAW FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, P. Cullet, A.G. Gualtieri, R. Madhav, U. Ramanathan, eds., Routledge Publishing, 2010
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Aug 2010
David Takacs
University of California Hastings College of the Law
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environmental law, water law, international law, customary principles, World Bank, India, environmental policy, equity, human rights

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Forest Carbon (Redd +), Repairing International Trust, and Reciprocal Contractual Sovereignty

37 Vermont Law Review 653 (Spring 2013), UC Hastings Research Paper No. 54
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 25 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2013
David Takacs
University of California Hastings College of the Law
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climate change, environmental law, international human rights law, international environmental law, equity, REDD, forests, forest carbon, forest law, international law, carbon offsets, MRV

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Chapter 4: Flexible Conservation in Uncertain Times

Contemporary Issues in Climate Change Law and Policy: Essays Inspired by the IPCC, pp. 65-102, April 2016, UC Hastings Research Paper No. 180, University at Buffalo School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper. 2016-028
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 06 May 2016 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2016
Jessica Owley and David Takacs
University of Miami - School of Law and University of California Hastings College of the Law
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Protecting Your Environment, Exacerbating Injustice: Avoiding 'Mandate Havens'

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum, Vol. XXIV, p. 315, Spring 2014, UC Hastings Research Paper No. 131
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 26 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2015
David Takacs
University of California Hastings College of the Law
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Environmental Law, International Environmental Law, Biofuels, REDD , Forests, Deforestation, Environmental Justice, International Human Rights, Pollution Havens, Climate Change, Climate Change Law, Sustainable Development

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From Is to Should: Helping Students Translate Conservation Biology into Conservation Policy

Conservation Biology, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 1342-1348, 2006
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 20 Aug 2010
David Takacs
University of California Hastings College of the Law
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Conservation biology, education, pedagogy, environmental policy

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Are Koalas Fungible? Biodiversity Offsetting and the Law

NYU Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 26, 2018, UC Hastings Research Paper No. 289
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 15 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2018
David Takacs
University of California Hastings College of the Law
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Biodiversity, Biodiversity Offset, Ecosystem Services, Environmental Law, Endangered Species, International Law, International Environmental Law, Biodiversity Law

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Deep Equity, Nonzero-Sum Environmentalism, and a Sustainable Planet

Ch. 6 of Beyond Zero-Sum Environmentalism. Sarah Krakoff, Melissa Powers, & Jonathan Rosenbloom, eds. Environmental Law Institute, 2019.
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 17 May 2019
David Takacs
University of California Hastings College of the Law
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REDD+, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Offsetting, Sustainability, Environmental Law, International Environmental Law, Water Law, Ecological Infrastructure