Dynamic patterns of latest Proterozoic-Palaeozoic-early Mesozoic marine biodiversity in South China

2007 ◽  
Vol 42 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 431-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rong Jiayu ◽  
Fan Junxuan ◽  
Arnold I. Miller ◽  
Li Guoxiang
Keyword(s):  
South China ◽  
Marine Biodiversity ◽  
Early Mesozoic ◽  
Dynamic Patterns

A Marine Biodiversity Project in the South China Sea: Joint Efforts Made in the SCS Workshop Process

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yann-huei Song
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Marine Biodiversity ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
The South ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Current State ◽  
Made In

AbstractThe South China Sea (SCS) is one of the world’s richest marine biodiversity areas, with abundant and diverse marine resources. In recent years, however, due to rapid economic development and population growth, marine biodiversity in the SCS is being lost. Beginning in 1991, the participants in the Informal Workshop on Managing Potential Conflicts in the South China Sea (the SCS Workshop) agreed to recommend to the relevant governments to explore areas of cooperation in the SCS, which include the study of marine biodiversity. As a result, in March 2002, a joint biodiversity project was carried out around the undisputed Indonesian Islands of Anambas in the SCS. Other joint biodiversity projects have also been proposed, but with no progress. This article studies the joint efforts made by the participating authorities in the SCS Workshop process to understand better the current state of marine biodiversity in the SCS.

Condominium Arrangements as a Legal Mechanism for the Conservation of the South China Sea Large Marine Ecosystem

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Lim ◽  
Nengye Liu
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Collaborative Management ◽  
Marine Biodiversity ◽  
The South ◽  
Governance Arrangement ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Large Marine Ecosystem

The South China Sea Large Marine Ecosystem is one of the world’s richest marine biodiversity areas. The sea area is however the site of increasing tensions between its ten coastal States, six of which have competing claims in the South China Sea. The expanding populations and economies of the coastal States have also resulted in the growing depletion of the Sea’s rich marine resources. Coordinated approaches are needed to protect the unique biodiversity and natural resources of the South China Sea at the appropriate ecological scale. The continuation of sovereignty disputes are detrimental to all coastal states as well as international economic interests of non-claimant states which arise as a result of the Sea’s status as a globally important trade route. This paper urges coastal states to adopt a far-sighted outlook which ensures long-term sustainable ecosystems, livelihoods and economies of the region. To do this, a shift in approach which emphasises collaborative management of marine ecosystems is required instead of a scramble for sovereignty to exclusively exploit living and non-living resources. This paper therefore explores how the shared governance arrangement of a condominium could facilitate the exercise of sovereignty for the shared benefit of all coastal States. The paper argues that the condominium approach would enable State parties to put aside thorny sovereignty disputes in favour of collaboration to protect the area’s important and unique biodiversity.

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