SPECIAL ISSUE – SEMIOTIC PERSPECTIVES ON ENVIRONMENT, FORESTRY, FISHERY, HUNTING AND LAW
Guest Editors: Dariusz GWIAZDOWICZ, Aleksandra MATULEWSKA & Anne WAGNER
Environmental issues have bothered people for the last several decades. In some countries, legislation devoted to the protection of endangered species dates back to 15th and 16th century. The modern world is highly urbanized and people get more and more distanced from nature. At the same time, they are more and more aware of the need to protect the natural resources of the Earth. The recent case of Greta Thunberg’s popularity is one of the examples of such actions. The child got more attention of politicians and media than any scientist well versed in the field. Celebrities create their image using environmental issues as a popularity stimulator, just to mention one of the first ones who was Bridgit Bardot. The animal rights’ movements take various forms. As it turns out, legislators change labels to gain support of eco-hypocrites but the problem of the conflict existing between human expectations and needs and environment remains and must be solved. In the Netherlands the government under the pressure of ecologists banned bird hunting. Though not many people realize that the problem of agricultural damage inflicted by the birds is solved through different means that is to say baby geese are killed by putting them into specially designed gas chambers. To sum up, all those problems affect legislation regulating environment, forestry, fishery and hunting. This Special Issue hopes to construe presentations of environment, forestry, fishery and hunting to orientate our vision of legal solutions and their environmental consequences. The aim of this Special issue is to offer broader perspectives for understanding the roles of scientists, lobbyists and legislators in the debate of preserving the nature for future generations from both theoretical and practical angles. Therefore, the papers devoted to the following topics and presenting both advantages and disadvantages are welcome:
- Animal rights and legislation
- Animal owners’ rights
- Environment and law
- Forestry and law
- Law and exploitation of nature
- Consequences of releasing wild animals and plants into the wild and consequential legislation on invasive species
- Ecology and law
- Hunting and law
- Fishery and law
- Social expectations in the field of environment versus law
- Poaching
- Legal and illegal environment protection
- Cyberbullying of foresters, hunters, fishermen
- Repealed laws and their replacements
The Special Issue can comprise only 14 papers of no more than 30 pages.
Send your proposal to the three of us: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Deadline for abstract: 10 February 2021
Decision for inclusion: 30 March 2021
Deadline for full paper: 15 January 2022 (instructions will be sent after decision to include papers in the special issue)
