HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA | CANADA B3H 4R2 | +1 (902) 494-3495
Meinhard Doelle
Associate Professor of Law Associate Director, Marine & Environmental Law Institute
B.Sc. Dalhousie University
LL.B. Dalhousie University
LL.M. York University
J.S.D. Dalhousie University (2005)
Telephone: (+1 902) 494-1030
Email: mdoelle@dal.ca
Associate Professor Meinhard Doelle specializes in environmental law. He is the Associate Director of the Marine & Environmental Law Institute and the Director of the Marine & Environmental Law Programme. From 1996 to 2001, he was the Executive Director of Clean Nova Scotia. He has been involved in the practice of environmental law in Nova Scotia since 1990 and in that capacity served as drafter of the NS Environment Act. He currently is environmental counsel to the Atlantic Canada law firm of Stewart McKelvey. From 2000 to 2006, he was a non-governmental member of the Canadian delegation to the UN climate change negotiations. From January to May 2008, he was a visiting scholar at the Environmental Law Center of the IUCN in Bonn, Germany.
Professor Doelle has written on a variety of environmental law topics, including climate change, energy law, invasive species, environmental assessments, and public participation in environmental decision-making. His most recent books are entitled The Federal Environmental Assessment Process, a Guide and Critique", "From Hot Air to Action: Climate Change, Compliance and the Future of International Environmental Law", and "The Canadian Environmental Protection Act & Commentary"
2006 Dalhousie University Doctoral Thesis Award
Selected Publications
Invasive seaweeds: global and regional law and policy responses (2007)
The Regulation Of Tidal Energy Development Off Nova Scotia: Navigating Foggy Waters (2006)