Protecting The Polar Marine Environment

Author : Davor Vidas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781139428149
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Protecting the Polar Marine Environment written by Davor Vidas and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-11-23 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we best protect the polar marine environment against pollution? Leading scholars on environmental law, the law of the sea, and Arctic and Antarctic affairs here examine this important question. To what extent do existing global instruments of environmental protection apply to the Arctic Ocean and the Southern Ocean? Can the arrangements adopted at regional, sub-regional and national levels provide adequate protection? This book examines and compares various levels of regulation in protecting the marine environment of the Arctic and Antarctic, with specific attention to land-based activities, radioactive waste dumping, and shipping in ice-covered waters. Developments since the establishment of the Arctic Council in 1996 and the entry into force of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty in 1998 are also discussed. This is a volume that will appeal to polar specialists and to all those interested in environmental law and policy.

Author : Davor Vidas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788276131840
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Protecting the Polar Marine Environment Through Regional Cooperation written by Davor Vidas and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Linda Nowlan
Publisher : IUCN
ISBN 13 : 9782831706375
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arctic Legal Regime for Environmental Protection written by Linda Nowlan and published by IUCN. This book was released on 2001 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many years, concerns have been expressed about environmental issues in the Arctic. While the Arctic region, unlike Antarctica, has been inhabited for thousands of years, it is under unique threat because of its vulnerability toward resource exploitation and the deposition of various airborne pollutants. With its varied populations, and with eight Nations asserting territorial interests, the Arctic needs a careful approach to its protection and development. This report describes the current Arctic environmental legal regime. It also discusses the possibility of negotiating a sustainability treaty for the Arctic with high standards of environmental protection similar to those in the 1991 Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty. It is hoped that this review of the legal and policy contrasts between the Arctic and Antarctic can help in the consideration of future directions for the Arctic legal regime.

Author : Donald Rothwell
Publisher : Lysaker, Norway : Fridtjof Nansens Institutt = Fridtjof Nansen Institute
ISBN 13 : 9788276132342
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australian and Canadian Perspectives and Regulations for Protecting the Polar Marine Environment written by Donald Rothwell and published by Lysaker, Norway : Fridtjof Nansens Institutt = Fridtjof Nansen Institute. This book was released on 1997 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lilly Weidemann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3319044710
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book International Governance of the Arctic Marine Environment written by Lilly Weidemann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-04-09 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arctic is particularly affected by climate change; over the past few decades, temperatures in this area have risen twice as fast as the mean global rate. The most prominent effect of global climate change in the region is the melting sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, which enables a multitude of ocean uses to be initiated and extended, such as shipping, fishing and oil and gas extraction. Unlike in the Antarctic, there is currently no single comprehensive legal regime for governance of the Arctic. Instead, the region is regulated by a patchwork of international treaties, above all the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), various regional and sub-regional agreements, national laws and soft-law agreements. This treatise provides an evaluation of the governance regime that regulates the use of the Arctic marine environment and its readiness to protect these fragile ecosystems in light of the consequences of climate change.

Author : Anita Ganeri
Publisher : Gareth Stevens
ISBN 13 : 9780836849936
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Protecting Polar Regions written by Anita Ganeri and published by Gareth Stevens. This book was released on 2006 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an overview of the world's polar regions, examining the plants and animals that live in the frozen regions, and discussing why the habitats are endangered and what is being done to protect them.

Author : Tim Stephens
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178195545X
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Polar Oceans Governance in an Era of Environmental Change written by Tim Stephens and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04-25 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely book provides a cutting-edge assessment of how the dynamic ocean regions at the highest latitudes on Earth are being managed in an era of unprecedented environmental change. The Arctic and Southern Oceans are experiencing transformative env

Author : Gianfranco Tamburelli
Publisher : Giuffrè Editore
ISBN 13 : 8814142165
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Antarctic Legal System written by Gianfranco Tamburelli and published by Giuffrè Editore. This book was released on 2008 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Daud Hassan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317230469
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book International Marine Environmental Law and Policy written by Daud Hassan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several disturbing issues pose a threat to the marine environment and its wellbeing, among them marine environmental pollution and degradation of marine biodiversity. Most troubling is that these issues are overwhelmingly caused by human activities which are sometimes transboundary, and their consequences will become more severe and complicated if not properly curbed. Thus, these activities require comprehensive policies, laws, and principles to manage them effectively. Linked to these solutions is the need for responsibilities, cooperation and commitments at local, national, regional and international levels. Contemporary Marine Environmental Law and Policy presents a thorough appraisal of the main issues, actors and institutions engaged in the legal aspects of marine environmental conservation. With contributions from an international range of authors, the book provides a concise account of the legal and policy framework underlying international marine environmental issues, and of the fundamental concepts and strategies that are important to the protection of the marine environment. Some of the topics explored include: the prevention of marine pollution caused by land based activities, ships, and offshore hydrocarbon and mineral resources exploration; the conservation and management of marine living resources; the marine environment in the polar regions; and the settlement of marine environmental disputes. This book provides a solid foundation for anyone studying International Environmental Law and the Law of the Sea. It will also appeal to anyone seeking to gain a deeper understanding of this hugely important subject.

Author : Falk Huettmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 4431540067
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Protection of the Three Poles written by Falk Huettmann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-03-19 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arctic, the Antarctic, and the Hindu Kush-Himalayas form a trio of terrains sometimes called “the three poles”. Mainly composed of rock, snow, and ice, these precious regions, which are home to many unique species such as the polar bear, the emperor penguin, and the snow leopard, contain the primary water resource of this planet and directly shape our climate. This book presents a first-ever global assessment and progressive review of the three poles and demonstrates the urgent need for their protection. Sins of the past have irrevocably harmed and threatened many of the unique qualities of these regions, and the future looks bleak with the global population forecast to reach 9 billion by 2060, and with climate change on the rise. Presented here is a wide-reaching and coherent overview of the three poles’ biodiversity, habitats, and ongoing destruction. Failed protection and social targets set by the United Nations and other bodies are exposed while economic growth, unconstrained or inappropriate development, and urban sprawl are promoted unabated. Polar regions play a major role in the global agenda as they are rich in oil and other resources, marking them for contamination, overfishing, and further degradation. Tourism in the Antarctic has benefited from enlightened self-regulation, but there are signs that this is changing, too. The chapters of this book are written by experts in their fields, and their evidence leaves no doubt that we already live beyond our carrying capacity on a finite but decaying space. A global protection role model and several outlook scenarios are proposed to help set in motion polar protection priorities that are actually valid. Humanity has demonstrated through international treaties such as the Antarctic Treaty and the Madrid Protocol that we can put the interests of the planet as a whole first. This must become the norm, not the exception.