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2017 IUCNAEL EJournal i (2017)

handle is hein.journals/icnael2017 and id is 1 raw text is: This issue sees a slightly modified format for the e-journal: for this issue only the editors took the decision to bring out a shortened version of the journal. Some colleagues and contributors may be aware that e-Journal editor Gay Morgan sadly lost her partner, Al, to a brain tumour after a difficult fight over the course of putting together this issue. Issue 8 is dedicated to both their bravery. This is also the last issue which will be edited by Michaela Lau - she has moved to a new institution and we wish her every success in her new position. As of this Issue, Dr. Opi Outhwaite has taken on the role of co-editor, after serving as Managing Editor for the past two years. She will be joined by Professor Shawkat Alam as acting co-editor. Despite the shorter than usual issue the editors are pleased to present, in what has become a trademark characteristic of the Journal, an amalgamation of contributions that stretch far and wide within the broad field of environmental law. The Editorial Team hopes that the contributions in this issue may serve as a repository for the exchange of ideas and potential legal and policy responses in an ever-changing and more and more complex world. As is customary, this issue includes several Country and Region Reports. These reports cover both developed and developing countries and present an array of topics of interest and importance in those jurisdictions. Two Country Reports, from China and Kenya, focus on forestry related issues, while several others, including the reports from the Bahamas, Austria and New Zealand canvass recent case law on a variety of topics related to environmental law. The Reports for the Czech Republic and the USA provide general updates on the overall state of environmental law in those jurisdictions. The Report from the US, in particular, paints a worrying picture for the state of the environment in this vast country, and by association, for the remainder of the world. The Reports from three developing countries, namely Bangladesh, Nigeria and South Africa, attest to the fact that environmental law in those countries continues to grow and develop. The Report from Bangladesh focuses on the concept of Ecologically Critical Areas, and the long-