Assessing the Impact of the South China Sea Arbitration on Small Island States: A Case Study of Kiribati

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 778-799
Author(s):  
Stuart Kaye
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Small Island ◽  
High Threshold ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Island States ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Small Island States ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe Annex VII Tribunal in the South China Sea Arbitration placed a high threshold on States seeking to claim an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) around small features. The implications of such an interpretation are potentially significant for the maritime jurisdiction of a number of States, particularly in the Pacific. This article considers the implications of the decision of the Tribunal, and applies it to Kiribati as a case study. It also considers possible ways States may minimize the risk associated with the Tribunal’s interpretation.

Illegal I Fishing and Fisheries Law Enforcement in Small Island Developing States: The Pacific Islands Experience

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-63
Author(s):  
Transform Aqorau
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Economic Wealth ◽  
Island States ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Small Island States ◽  
Fisheries Law ◽  
Stages Of Economic Development

AbstractThe Pacific islands provide a good case study of how small island states have responded to the challenges of enforcing their fisheries laws and regulations. The Pacific islands, all of which are geographically small and are in their early stages of economic development, viewed the LOS Convention and the exclusive economic zone regime established as providing the opportunity for generating economic wealth. The area of ocean space under the Pacific islands' jurisdiction was inordinately disproportionate to the resources available to them to assert effectively their sovereign rights. The article examines how they have responded to the challenge. The article discusses the co-operative approach adopted by the Pacific islands and the innovative arrangements developed to control better the fishing activities of fishing states. The article concludes that, while considerable progress has been made, there is scope to improve on current arrangements to make them more effective.

Ahead of Bit Pore Pressure Prediction using VSP - A Case Study in South China Sea

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuhong Xie ◽  
Jun Cai ◽  
Ling Xia Zhen ◽  
Hong Tian ◽  
Yan Hua Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
Pore Pressure ◽  
South China ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Pore Pressure Prediction

Deepwater Steel Catenary Riser System Design for Lingshui 17-2 Project

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ning He ◽  
Hu Yang ◽  
Fanli Xu ◽  
Yongming Cheng
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
System Design ◽  
South China ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Northern South China Sea ◽  
Steel Catenary Riser ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Scr System ◽  
The Impact

Abstract A riser is a key component for transporting produced oil and gas from the subsea wells to the surface production vessel. Through nearly 30 years of design and implementation, Steel Catenary Risers (SCRs) have been found to have the advantages of relatively low cost and good adaptability to floating platform’s motion. This paper investigates deepwater SCR system design for the Lingshui 17-2 (termed LS17-2) project. This paper first introduces a SCR system for the LS17-2 project. The field for this project is located in the northern South China Sea, with water depth of 1220m to 1560m. LS17-2 consists of a subsea production system, a deep-draft semi-submersible (SEMI), and an export riser/pipeline. The platform was designed to have a large storage capacity with a variable draft during its operation. Based on deepwater SCR engineering experience, the key SCR design challenges are summarized from the engineering executive perspective. The challenges to the SCR system design for the LS17-2 project include harsh environment condition in South China Sea and the impact on fatigue design for the requirement of 30-years’ service life. They call for design optimization and innovative ideas. The engineering design and analysis are discussed together solutions. To demonstrate the deepwater SCR system design for LS17-2 project, examples are provided to illustrate the challenges and solutions. The experience learned from this paper should have significant relevance to future SCR design.

Towards a 90% renewable energy future: A case study of an island in the South China Sea

2017 ◽  
Vol 142 ◽  
pp. 28-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Ye ◽  
Kai Zhang ◽  
JingJing Jiang ◽  
Lixin Miao ◽  
Ji Li
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
The South ◽  
China Sea

scholarly journals Assessing OpenStreetMap Completeness for Management of Natural Disaster by Means of Remote Sensing: A Case Study of Three Small Island States

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ran Goldblatt ◽  
Nicholas Jones ◽  
Jenny Mannix
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Critical Infrastructure ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Remotely Sensed ◽  
Current Data ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Island States ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Small Island States

Over the last few decades, many countries, especially Caribbean island ones, have been challenged by the devastating consequences of natural disasters, which pose a significant threat to human health and safety. Timely information related to the distribution of vulnerable population and critical infrastructure are key for an effective disaster relief. OpenStreetMap (OSM) has repeatedly been shown to be highly suitable for disaster mapping and management. However, large portions of the world, including countries exposed to natural disasters, remain unmapped. In this study, we propose a methodology that relies on remotely sensed measurements (e.g. VIIRS, Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-1) and derived classification schemes (e.g. forest and built-up land cover) to predict the completeness of OSM building footprints in three small island states (Haiti, Dominica and St. Lucia). We find that the combinatorial effects of these predictors explain up to 94% of the variation of the completeness of OSM building footprints. Our study extends the existing literature by demonstrating how remotely sensed measurements could be leveraged to evaluate the completeness of OSM database, especially in countries at high risk of natural disasters. Identifying areas that lack coverage of OSM features could help prioritize mapping efforts, especially in areas vulnerable to natural hazards and where current data gaps pose an obstacle to timely and evidence-based disaster risk management actions.

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