• Improving Arguments for Local Carbon Rights: The Case of Forest-Based Sequestration 

      Heyward, Clare; Lenzi, Dominic (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-20)
      Land-based climate mitigation schemes such as REDD+ imply the creation of ‘rights to carbon’ for actions that enhance carbon sinks. In many cases, the legal and normative foundations of such rights are unclear. This article focuses on special rights on the basis of improvement. Considering improvement in relation to carbon sinks requires asking what it means to ‘improve’ an environmental resource. ...
    • Special Claims from Improvement: A Comment on Armstrong 

      Heyward, Jennifer Clare; Lenzi, Dominic (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-28)
      Chris Armstrong argues that attempts at justifying special claims over natural resources generally take one of two forms: arguments from improvement and arguments from attachment. We argue that Armstrong fails to establish that the distinction between natural resources and improved resources has no normative significance. He succeeds only in showing that ‘improvers’ (whoever they may be) are ...