This volume deals with institutions, implementation and innovations in the field of international marine environmental law. It discusses some controversial legal aspects of the marine environment in the context of UNCLOS, as a framework for national, regional and global action in the marine sector.
The purpose of this work is to faithfully report scientific expertise, legal insight and policy wisdom presented by the speakers and participants at the Conference. The book identifies major aspects of the current situation and possible future developments in a critical way. Among the key issues covered are implementation and enforcement of environmental conventions; the avoidance, prevention and settlement of disputes; and, liability and compensation for environmental damage. Also included are several articles which discuss the role of the main institutions in this field within the UN system.
This volume is based on contributions made at the International Conference on Marine Environmental Law (ICMEL), held by the GAUSS Institute in Bremen, Germany.
There is a companion website, specially created to work alongside the texts. A selected bibliography, documents, conventions and links connected to the contents of the book are included to provide an updated and comprehensive resource for the reader: www.andreekirchner.de/imel
Series Editors’ Preface, Preface
Hans Gerd Knoop, List of
Contributors, GAUSS International Marine Environmental Law: Editorial
Introduction
Andree Kirchner, Protection and Preservation of the Marine
Environment and the Dispute Settlement Regime in the United Nations Convention
on the Law of the Sea
Thomas A. Mensah, The Role of ITLOS as a Means of
Dispute Settlement under UNCLOS
David H. Anderson, The Environmental
UNCLOS and the Work of IMO in the Field of Prevention of Pollution from Vessels
Agustín Blanco-Bazán, Environmental Regulation of Deep Seabed
Mining
Michael W. Lodge, Law of the Sea and Meteorological and
Oceanographic Observations from Ocean Areas
Iwona Rummel-Bulska,
Inter-Agency Collaboration or Inter-Agency Competition – A Challenge for the
UN System
Moira L. McConnell, Capacity-Building in International Marine
Environmental Law: Perspectives of Developing Countries
Aref Fakhry,
Effectiveness of International Environmental Protection Treaties on the Sea
Transport of Mineral Oil and Proposals for Policy Revision
Thomas Höfer and
Lutz Mez, Ending Flag State Control?
Awni Behnam, Port State
Control as an Instrument to Ensure Compliance with International Marine
Environmental Obligations
Lorenzo Schiano di Pepe, Marine Protected
Areas in the Exclusive Economic Zone
Rainer Lagoni, Approaches to the
Establishment of Protected Areas on the High Seas
Hjalmar Thiel,
Management of Marine Nature Reserves in East Asia: The Case of the People’s
Republic of China
Zou Keyuan, Aquaculture and Environmental
Regulations: The German Situation within the North Sea
Bela H. Buck, Gesche
Krause, Harald Rosenthal and Victor Smetacek Compensation for
Environmental Damage in Maritime Liability Regimes
Louise Angélique de La
Fayette, Index
