Marine environmental governance : from international law to local practice / Erika J. Techera.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Techera, Erika J.

Series:

A GlassHouse book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine resources conservation--Law and legislation.

Marine resources conservation.

Environmental law, International.

Marine resources conservation--Law and legislation--Pacific Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Marine Environmental Governance: From International Law to Local Practice considers the relationship between international environmental law and community-based management of marine areas. Focusing on small island states, in which indigenous populations have to a large extent continued to maintain traditional lifestyles, this book takes up the question of how indigenous customary law and state-based legislation can be reconciled in the implementation of international environmental law. Including a range of case studies, as well as detailed comparative analysis, it pursues an interd

Contents:

Cover; Marine Environmental Governance; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Table of cases; Table of treaties and otherinternational instruments; Table of national legislation; 1. Introduction; Background; From global to local approaches; The Pacific context; An overview of the book; Conclusion; 2. Sustainable development: theory, practice and law; Introduction; The backdrop to sustainable development; Historical background; The environmental movement and the natural world; Sustainable development and western environmental ethics

International law and sustainable developmentThe origin of the concept of sustainable development; What is sustainable development?; Sustainable development law; Key principles of sustainable development; The duty to ensure sustainable use of natural resources; The principle of equity and the eradication of poverty; The principle of common but differentiated responsibilities; The precautionary principle; Public participation and access to information and justice; The principle of good governance; The principle of integration; Achieving sustainable development

Plans and approaches to implementationLegal support for localised approaches; The benefits of localised approaches; Indigenous communities, human rights and sustainable development; Synergies for sustainable development; Conclusion; 3. Marine environmental law, fisheries and small island states; Introduction; International marine environmental law; The ancient law of the sea; The conferences on the law of the sea; UNCLOS; Post-UNCLOS; The Convention on Biological Diversity; Other international agreements; Regional approaches to oceans governance; UNEP and the Regional Seas Programme

6. Law, custom and conservation in the Pacific

Notes:

"A GlassHouse book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-275) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-63737-0

1-136-63738-9

0-203-80398-1

9780203803981

OCLC:

798530563