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Saving the oceans through law : the international legal framework for the protection of the marine environment /
The oceans cover more than seventy per cent of the surface of the planet and they provide many vital ecosystem services. However, the health of the world's oceans has been deteriorating over the past decades and the protection of the marine environment has emerged as one of the most pressing le...
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UK,
OUP,
2017.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The United Nations Convention on the law of the sea and the protection and preservation of the marine environment
- Mainstreaming marine biological diversity conservation in the law of the sea
- Land-based sources of marine pollution
- Dumping of waste at sea
- Marine environmental threats from shipping
- Fishing and the conservation of marine living resources
- Environmental regulation of seabed activities within and beyond national jurisdiction
- Addressing the marine environmental impacts of climate change and ocean acidification
- Towards integrated management of the oceans at the international level
- The role of international law in saving the oceans and future challenges for the legal framework.