State of the marine environment reports––a need to evaluate their role in marine environmental protection and conservation

2003 ◽  
Vol 46 (10) ◽  
pp. 1219-1223 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.G Wells
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-220
Author(s):  
Amber Rose Maggio

Southeast Asia is a region where regional cooperation for the protection of the marine environment faces some unique challenges. This paper explores the current regional cooperation landscape in this area and then draws on other regions (Arctic, Caribbean, Mediterranean and the Baltic) experience to seek out inspiration and possible best practices for Southeast Asia. Each region’s particularities mean there is no one blueprint for cooperation, but there are many relevant examples for Southeast Asia to draw on in any future attempts to strengthen and coordinate action to protect the marine environment. This paper will look to other regions to assist in evaluating the problems and potential of regional cooperation in Southeast Asia.


2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 622-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelica Bonfanti ◽  
Francesca Romanin Jacur

This article addresses treaty-based regimes and the so-called Ocean Corporate Social Responsibility (ocsr) that are relevant to marine environmental protection and energy activities. In this context, special attention is paid to the interactions among the legal regimes in which the environmental and safety rules and standards are adopted and to the effects of the regulatory technique of “legislation by reference”. After examining the relevant obligations of States within the framework of the un Convention on the Law of the Sea and the International Maritime Organization, the authors analyse ocsr, especially its preventive, damage mitigation and compensatory functions and its potential synergies with the treaty-based regimes.


2014 ◽  
Vol 955-959 ◽  
pp. 3202-3205
Author(s):  
Xiang Bo Chen ◽  
Shan Che

Abstract. Marine environmental protection has become the responsibility for worldwide common people ,therefore , the public become the main force of marine environmental protection inescapably. In recent years, some countries neighboring the South China Sea have accelerated the development and utilization of the oceans , resulting in a deterioration of the marine environment. Meanwhile,there are some problems in China's marine environment protection,such as narrow range in public, the right to public participation is not clear, there is no security or guarantee for participants, and other issues involved in the program. In this paper, the author try to give his own opinions from the aspects of public participation system and improving planning of marine environmental protection on marine environmental protection.


2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Thi Xuan Son ◽  
Nguyen Hong Thao

In the twenty-first century, before the revolution of science and technology 4.0 and 5.0, environmental protection and sustainable development are increasingly becoming a great concern of humanity as well as of each country. Among the components of the environment, the marine environment plays an important role with 71% of the Earth's surface covered with water and 90% of the biosphere is the ocean. Along with the development of the sea direction of mankind - the cradle of Earth's life - the sea is also facing serious challenges of pollution, over-fishing of marine resources. Marine environmental protection is not limited to a single country. Due to the uniformity of the marine environment, the spread of transboundary agents in the marine environment and climate change, this task requires cooperation between countries. Regional international treaties serve as a basis for cooperation in marine environmental protection. The paper will focus on analyzing and assessing regional efforts in approving regional international treaties on marine environmental protection, with a focus on environmental protection cooperation mechanisms, especially in East Asia and South East Asia. These are selected areas due to their advanced marine environmental protection experience and socio-economic similarities. Keywords: Marine environment, marine environmental pollution, regional cooperation. References: [1] ASEAN leaders statement on climate change to the 17th ses-sion oỷthe Con/erence ofthe Parties to the United Nationsỷrame¬ work cơnvention ôn clìmate change and the 7th session of the Con-/erence of parties serving as the meetỉng parties ót the Kyoto Pro-tocol. Bali, Indonesia, 18 November 2011. Truy cập ngày 22/3/2019 tại:http:// www.aseansec.org/documents/19th%20summit/ASEAN_Lead-ers%27_Statement_on_Climate_Change.pdf.[2] Bangkok Declaration on the ASEAN Environment. Bangkok, Thailand, 29 November 1984. Truy cập ngày 28/4/2019 tại:http://www.aseansec.org/6079.htm.[3] Globalism and regionalism in the protection of the marine environment, Truy cập ngày 28/4/2019 tại: https://text.123doc.org/document/740029-globalism-and-regionalism-in-the-protection-of-the-marine-environment.htm OSPAR Convention, https://www.ospar.org/convention.[4] K. Kheng-Lian, NA. Robison, Strengthening sustainable Development in Regional In-Governmental Covernance: Lessons from the “ASEAN Way”, Singapore Journal of International and Comparative Law, 2002. - 16.[5] Manila Declaration on the ASEAN Environment. Manila, Philippines, 30 April 1981, truy cập ngày 27/4/2019 tại:http://environment.asean.org/index.php?page=agreements:maniladeclaration.[6] Naoki Amako , Japan’s MPA Policies and arrangements pertaining to the work of NEAMPAN, truy cập ngày 27/4/2019 tại:http://www.neaspec.org/sites/default/files/Japan_MOE_amako.pdf. [7] New Delhi ASEAN - India Ministerial Statement on Biodi-versity. New Delhi, India, 7 September 2012. Truy cập ngày 23/3/2019 tại:http:// www.asean.org/images/2012/documents/New%20Delhi%20ASEA N%20India%20Ministerial%20Statement%20on%20Biodiver-sity%20Final.pdf.[8] JW. Davis, Global Aspectes of Marine Pollution Policy. The Need for a New International Convention (1990) 14 Marine Policy 191.


2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-280
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Giannopoulos

AbstractInitially, international investment law and international law on the protection of the marine environment were two branches that developed separately. As these international regimes mature, they often speak to the same facts, bringing about their ever-increasing normative interaction, way before any disputes arise. The regulation of investments in offshore energy production is chosen as a case study because it exemplifies how these two bodies of international law can interact. The article does not conceptualize these two international regimes as inherently antagonistic but instead highlights their potential complementarity. Yet, it is primarily the issue of normative conflicts between those two regimes which has generated heated scholarly debates. Against the backdrop of sweeping critiques about the potential ‘regulatory chill’ of international investment agreements and their investor-State dispute settlement mechanism, this contribution examines whether arbitral tribunals have interpreted and applied investment rules in a fashion that can unduly restrict the discretion of host States to honour their marine environmental obligations. First, it explores why and how international investment law and marine environmental law interact and influence each other’s implementation. In a second step, the article investigates the impact (if any) of investment obligations on the discretion of host States to comply with their marine environmental protection obligations. Adopting a forward-looking perspective, it finally enquires into the potential impact of the reformed provisions under new generation IIAs on the right and duty of States to take all necessary measures to protect the marine environment against pollution from offshore energy production activities.


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