Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas The IMO's Role in Protecting Vulnerable Marine Areas

Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas The IMO's Role in Protecting Vulnerable Marine Areas / by Markus J. Kachel.

Designations of large Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (PSSAs) triggered a controversial debate within the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) concerning the legal basis of PSSAs, the relationship between the IMO’s PSSA guidelines and UNCLOS, as well as the competency of IMO to adopt mandatory...

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Main Author: Kachel, Markus J. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Series:Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs, International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs at the University of Hamburg, 13
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Law of the sea.
International law.
International environmental law.
Environmental law.
Environmental policy.
Nature conservation.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Marine Environment: Oceans under Threat
  • The Oceans – Utilisation and Conflicts
  • Threats to the Marine Environment: Pollution and Physical Damage
  • Instruments to Protect Specific Marine Areas
  • Protection of Specific Marine Areas
  • Protection of Marine Areas in International Law – Basic Principles
  • Marine Protected Areas in Multilateral Instruments
  • Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas: an IMO Instrument to Protect Marine Areas
  • Protection of the Marine Environment through IMO within the System of International Institutions
  • Development and Structure of the PSSA Concept: Implementation and Coordination of Protective Measures
  • Associated Protective Measures as the Essential Part of a PSSA
  • The PSSA Concept – Analysis and Assessment
  • Comparison between PSSAs and other Regimes in International Law
  • Legal Quality of the PSSA Guidelines and their Effect on Jurisdiction to Implement and Enforce Protective Measures
  • PSSAs and Ocean Governance: Current Interdependencies and Prospects for Future Developments.

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