Territory, identity and the UK overseas territories

2020 ◽  
pp. 83-102
Author(s):  
Nichola Harmer
Keyword(s):  
Overseas Territories ◽  
The Uk

Operation RUMAN and Hurricane IRMA: planning, execution and recovery

2019 ◽  
Vol 165 (6) ◽  
pp. 431-435
Author(s):  
Andrew M Nelstrop
Keyword(s):  
Humanitarian Aid ◽  
Medical Environment ◽  
Disaster Relief Operations ◽  
Start Line ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Relief Operations ◽  
Overseas Territories ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Medical Perspective ◽  
Hurricane Irma

Operation RUMAN was the UK response in the Autumn of 2017 to the Category 5 Hurricane IRMA, which affected the British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean. The Joint Operations Area (JOA) spanned an archipelago of Islands over 1000 nm across, stretching logistical and medical doctrinal clinical timelines in a rapidly changing and generally high risk medical environment. Despite significant challenges and a relatively suboptimal start line position, the Operation was a success from a medical perspective, with lower than expected dNBI rates. This paper, written from the medical Operational in-Theatre HQ perspective, charts the phases of Operation RUMAN during Planning, Execution and Recovery. It examines the context and lessons that arose from the Operation RUMAN that could inform future fast-moving Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief Operations.

The Implications of Brexit for Future EU Environmental Law and Policy

elni Review ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 11-16
Author(s):  
Céline Charveriat ◽  
Andrew Farmer
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Law ◽  
Law And Policy ◽  
The Future ◽  
Overseas Country ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Overseas Territories ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Environmental Law And Policy

Brexit is an unprecedented event for the EU. No Member State has ever left the Union previously. At most, overseas territories with small populations have changed status, such as Greenland (Denmark) in 1985 and the Outermost Region Saint Barthélemy (France), which became an Overseas Country and Territory (OCT) in 2012. These cases may have limited lessons for the UK adapting its legislation post-Brexit, as they did not impact EU decision making and law and, therefore, are not precedents for the subject of this paper. There has been quite a lot of analysis on the possible consequences of Brexit for the future of UK environmental law. However, less attention has been given to the implications Brexit may have for the future of EU environmental law and policy. This paper presents some thoughts on this subject. It begins with a consideration of the impact of Brexit on the general political and economic atmosphere of EU environmental policy making. The paper then considers the issues of trade and the external border. Some specific policy areas are examined, including chemicals, climate policy and agriculture. The paper ends by considering the implications of a possible future dispute mechanism with the UK.

The nature and extent of terrestrial protected area coverage on the UK's Overseas Territories

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 397-404
Author(s):  
NICHOLAS I. WILKINSON ◽  
JONATHAN G. HALL ◽  
JULIET A. VICKERY ◽  
GRAEME M. BUCHANAN
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Area Coverage ◽  
Convention On Biological Diversity ◽  
Effective Protection ◽  
Terrestrial Environment ◽  
Overseas Territories ◽  
The Uk

SUMMARYSignatories to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) agreed to the effective protection of at least 17% of the terrestrial environment by 2020 (Aichi Target 11). Here, we assess the coverage of terrestrial protected areas (land protected by legislation) on the UK's Overseas Territories. These 14 Territories are under the sovereignty of the UK, a signatory of the CBD, and are particularly biodiverse. Eight Territories have protected areas covering 17% or more of their land, but the extent of protection across these Territories as a whole is low, with only 4.8% of this land designated as protected. This protection covered 51% of sites already identified as of conservation importance (Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas), although only 8% of the area of these sites was protected. The expansion of effective protection to meet the 17% target provides an opportunity to capture the most important sites for conservation. Locally led designation will require an improvement in knowledge of the distribution and density of species. This, together with measures to ensure that the protection is enforced and effective, will require provision of resources. This should be seen as an investment in the UK meeting its obligations to Aichi Target 11.

scholarly journals Global Travel Restriction's Effect on The Number of Deaths from COVID - 19: An Analysis on Global COVID-19 Data

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
MD FOURKAN
Keyword(s):  
Sample Size ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
World Population ◽  
Independent Data ◽  
Initial Sample ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Final Sample ◽  
Overseas Territories ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Global Travel

<p><a>Our initial sample size includes 221 countries which includes 195 United Nations (UN) member countries and some dependent territories for which independent data are available. </a>Some of the countries included in the analysis are dependent territories under some independent countries such as The United Kingdom, which has 14 overseas territories under its jurisdiction. Though they are not independent countries but most of them are internally self-governing with the UK keeping responsibility for protection and foreign affairs. However, we have excluded two countries as the data were missing for many variables for these two territories. The two omitted countries are MS Zaandam and Diamond Princess. So, the final sample size includes 219 countries and territories for which we collected data on COVID-19 as well as their geographic and demographic aspects. More details of the variables included are provided in the table 1. A list of all countries included in the analysis is provided in the appendix. All data from all sources including Wikipedia, World population review and Worldometer are collected during the period of Feb 1, 2021, to Feb 07, 2021.</p>

THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS OF THE ISLANDS OF SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION, TRISTAN DA CUNHA AS AN OVERSEAS TERRITORY OF THE UK

2017 ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Игорь Ирхин ◽  
Igor Irkhin
Keyword(s):  
General Characteristic ◽  
The Political ◽  
Quality Differentiation ◽  
Tristan Da Cunha ◽  
Ascension Island ◽  
Territorial Structure ◽  
The Government ◽  
Overseas Territories ◽  
The Uk ◽  
St Helena

This article gives general characteristic of the constitutional status of the overseas territories of the UK, show the directions of cooperation between the UK and the overseas territories. The author has made some conclusions on the flexibility and quality differentiation of constitutional and legal approaches of the organization of the political-territorial structure of the UK. The political and territorial relations between the UK and relevant overseas territory were proposed to classify as unitary with the elements of federalism. The author has confirmed the actuality of the question of the constitutional concretization of the competences of the Governor of St. Helena, Ascension Island, Tristan da Cunha. In order to provide a more complete account of interests of population of the overseas territories was raised the problem of the lack of constitutional provisions on the appointment of the Administrators on Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha with the opinion formed by elected Councils. The position on the advisability of the constitutional consolidation of the form and order of consideration of the interests of the Islands of Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha in the government of the Kingdom, as well as when considering the UK Parliament of legislative acts on issues relating to the whole Commonwealth was argued.

scholarly journals The future of marine biodiversity and marine ecosystem functioning in UK coastal and territorial waters (including UK Overseas Territories) – with an emphasis on marine macrophyte communities

2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 521-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frithjof C. Küpper ◽  
Nicholas A. Kamenos
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Ecosystem Functioning ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Habitat Destruction ◽  
Marine Biodiversity ◽  
Important Species ◽  
The Future ◽  
Overseas Territories ◽  
The Uk

Abstract Marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning – including seaweed communities – in the territorial waters of the UK and its Overseas Territories are facing unprecedented pressures. Key stressors are changes in ecosystem functioning due to biodiversity loss caused by ocean warming (species replacement and migration, e.g. affecting kelp forests), sea level rise (e.g. loss of habitats including salt marshes), plastic pollution (e.g. entanglement and ingestion), alien species with increasing numbers of alien seaweeds (e.g. outcompeting native species and parasite transmission), overexploitation (e.g. loss of energy supply further up the food web), habitat destruction (e.g. loss of nursery areas for commercially important species) and ocean acidification (e.g. skeletal weakening of ecosystem engineers including coralline algal beds). These stressors are currently affecting biodiversity, and their impact can be projected for the future. All stressors may act alone or in synergy. Marine biodiversity provides crucial goods and services. Climate change and biodiversity loss pose new challenges for legislation. In particular, there are implications of climate change for the designation and management of Marine Protected Areas and natural carbon storage by marine systems to help control the global climate system. The UK currently has legal obligations to protect biodiversity under international and European law.

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