David Takacs

UC Law, San Francisco

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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, USC Gould School of Law, Widener University - Commonwealth Law School, Albany Law School, University of Michigan Law School, Pace Law School, University of Idaho College of Law - Boise, University of Miami - School of Law, University of Iowa - College of Law, Albany Law School, Oregon State University, College of Business and UC Law, San Francisco
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Forest Carbon: Law and Property Rights

Conservation International, 2009
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 21 Aug 2010
David Takacs
UC Law, San Francisco
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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
UC Law, San Francisco
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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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We Are The River

University of Illinois Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 19 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2020
David Takacs
UC Law, San Francisco
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Environmental Law, International Environmental Law, International Human Rights Law, Legal Personhood, Sustainability, New Zealand, Colombia, Australia, India, Bangladesh, Water Law, Rivers

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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, USC Gould School 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, University of Iowa - College of Law, Albany 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 UC Law, San Francisco
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Zero Sum, Environmental Law, Rhetoric, Trade Offs

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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
UC Law, San Francisco
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Climate Change, Environmental Law, International Human Rights Law, Equity, REDD, Forests, Forest Carbon, Carbon offsets

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Environmental Law. Disrupted

49 Environmental Law Reporter 10038 (2019), Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 19-14, Albany Law School Research Paper No. 15 for 2019-2020
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 10 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 24 Oct 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, UC Law, San Francisco, City University of New York - School of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law, USC Gould School of Law, Albany Law School, Cumberland School of Law, University of Colorado Law School, Pace Law School, University of Miami - School of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School, Albany Law School, University of Iowa - College of Law, Vanderbilt University - Law School and Florida State University, College of Law
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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
UC Law, San Francisco
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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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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
UC Law, San Francisco
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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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Adapting To a 4°C World

Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 52, No. 10211, 2022, Albany Law School Research Paper, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper Forthcoming, UNM School of Law Research Paper No. 2022-11, UC Hastings Research Paper Forthcoming, U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022-13
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 12 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2022
Karrigan Bork, Karen Bradshaw, Cinnamon Piñon Carlarne, Robin Kundis Craig, Sarah Fox, Joshua Galperin, Keith H. Hirokawa, Shi-Ling Hsu, Katrina Fischer Kuh, Kevin J. Lynch, Michele Okoh, Jessica Owley, Melissa Powers, Shannon Roesler, J. B. Ruhl, James E. Salzman, David Takacs and Clifford Villa
UC Davis School of Law, Arizona State University (ASU) - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law, USC Gould School of Law, Northern Illinois University - College of Law, Pace University - School of Law, Albany Law School, Florida State University - College of Law, Pace Law School, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Lewis & Clark College - Lewis and Clark Law School, University of Miami - School of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School, University of Iowa - College of Law, Vanderbilt University - Law School, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) - Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, UC Law, San Francisco and University of New Mexico - School of Law
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climate change, adaptation

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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
UC Law, San Francisco
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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 by COVID-19

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Environmental Law, Disrupted by COVID-19

Environmental Law Reporter, Vol. 51, 2021, 51 ELR 10509, U of Colorado Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 21-24, University of Miami Legal Studies Research Paper No. 3855625, UC Hastings Research Paper Forthcoming, Albany Law School Research Paper Forthcoming, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 21-11
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 07 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2021
Rebecca M. Bratspies, Vanessa Casado Pérez, Robin Kundis Craig, Lissa Griffin, Keith H. Hirokawa, Sarah Krakoff, Katrina Fischer Kuh, Jessica Owley, Melissa Powers, Shannon Roesler, Jonathan D. Rosenbloom, J. B. Ruhl, Erin Ryan and David Takacs
City University of New York - School of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law, USC Gould School of Law, Pace University School of Law, Albany Law School, University of Colorado Law School, Pace Law School, University of Miami - School of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School, University of Iowa - College of Law, Albany Law School, Vanderbilt University - Law School, Florida State University, College of Law and UC Law, San Francisco
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COVID-19, systemic racial injustice, environmental law collaborative

Environmental Law, Disrupted by COVID-19

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, DISRUPTED, Keith Hirokawa and Jessica Owley, eds., West Academic, 2021, Albany Law School Research Paper Forthcoming, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 22-05, UC Hastings Research Paper Forthcoming, University of Miami Legal Studies Research Paper No. 3985629
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2022
Rebecca M. Bratspies, Vanessa Casado Pérez, Robin Kundis Craig, Lissa Griffin, Keith H. Hirokawa, Sarah Krakoff, Katrina Fischer Kuh, Jessica Owley, Melissa Powers, Shannon Roesler, Jonathan D. Rosenbloom, J. B. Ruhl, Erin Ryan and David Takacs
City University of New York - School of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law, USC Gould School of Law, Pace University School of Law, Albany Law School, University of Colorado Law School, Pace Law School, University of Miami - School of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School, University of Iowa - College of Law, Albany Law School, Vanderbilt University - Law School, Florida State University, College of Law and UC Law, San Francisco
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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
UC Law, San Francisco
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Biodiversity, Biodiversity Offset, Ecosystem Services, Environmental Law, Endangered Species, International Law, International Environmental Law, Biodiversity 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
UC Law, San Francisco
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environmental law, water law, international law, customary principles, World Bank, India, environmental policy, equity, human rights

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We Are the River

2021 U. Ill. L. Rev. 545 , UC Hastings Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 06 Apr 2021
David Takacs
UC Law, San Francisco
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Environmental Law, Human Rights, Environmental Rights, Rights for Nature, International Law, Indigenous Rights,

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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
UC Law, San Francisco
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Conservation biology, education, pedagogy, environmental policy

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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
UC Law, San Francisco
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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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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
UC Law, San Francisco
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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 UC Law, San Francisco
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An Aye Aye for an Aye Aye: Making Biodiversity Offsets Sustainable

45 Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 519 (2020)
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 20 Jun 2020
David Takacs
UC Law, San Francisco
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Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Ecosystems, Environmental Law, International Environmental Law, Sustainability, Australia, South Africa, United Kingdom

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Aggressive Solutions to Disrupt Biodiversity Loss

Environmental Law, Disrupted 2021, UC Hastings Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 09 Mar 2022
David Takacs
UC Law, San Francisco
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Environmental Law, Biodiversity

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Whose Voices Count in Biodiversity Conservation? Ecological Democracy in Biodiversity Offsetting, REDD+, and Rewilding

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. Forthcoming , UC Hastings Research Paper No. 384
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 15 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2020
David Takacs
UC Law, San Francisco
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Ecological democracy; environmental democracy; biodiversity offsetting; REDD +; rewilding; deep equity; biodiversity conservation

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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., UC Hastings Research Paper No.341
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 17 May 2019 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2019
David Takacs
UC Law, San Francisco
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REDD+, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Offsetting, Sustainability, Environmental Law, International Environmental Law, Water Law, Ecological Infrastructure

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Standing for Rivers, Mountains - and Trees - in the Anthropocene

Southern California Law Review, Vol. 95, 2023
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Apr 2023
David Takacs
UC Law, San Francisco
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Environmental Law, Standing, Rights of Nature, Australia, New Zealand, Colombia, International Environmental Law, Rivers, Water Law

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Wilderness Law in the Anthropocene: Pragmatism and Purism

Environmental Law, 2021, UC Hastings Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 09 Mar 2022
Phillipa C. McCormack, Benjamin J. Richardson, David Takacs and Kees Bastmeijer
University of Tasmania - Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania - Faculty of Law, UC Law, San Francisco and Tilburg University
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International environmental law, wilderness, land use, biodiversity conservation, Australia, Antarctica, European Union

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U.S. State-Based Wilderness Law: An Evaluation

Hastings West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2022
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 28 Feb 2022
David Takacs
UC Law, San Francisco
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Wilderness, Environmental Law, Conservation, Biodiversity