The emergence of convergence Author Lazarus R. Journal/Series The Environmental Forum | Vol. 22(1); 19 - 25; 7 p. Date 2005 Source IUCN (ID: ANA-072901) Publisher | Place of publication Environmental Law Institute | Washington, DC, USA Document type Article in periodical Language English Country/Territory United States of America Subject Environment gen. Keyword Policy/planning Abstract The loose framework of statutes that constitutes environmental law, once an exemplar of ad hoc joinery using materials of expedience, is quietly evolving a sounder, more unified structure. Statutory programs have, in effect, borrowed from each other as years of experience have shown which approaches to pollution controll and natural resource management are more, or less, successful