The Stockholm declaration and law of the marine environment / edited by Myron H. Nordquist, John Norton Moore, and Said Mahmoudi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nordquist, Myron H., editor.

Moore, John Norton, 1937- editor.

Mahmoudi, Said, 1948- editor.

Series:

Center for Oceans Law and Policy ; 7.

Center for Oceans Law and Policy ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marines.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

The Hague, The Netherlands : Kluwer Law International, [2003]

Summary:

This collection of essays commemorates the Thirtieth Anniversary of the 1972 Stockholm Declaration on the Human Environment. The opening presentation is by the distinguished former Foreign Minister of Sweden, Dr. Hans Blix, a primary author of the Stockholm Declaration. A second keynote abstract is by Professor Bjorn Lomborg, the renowned author of The Skeptical Environmentalist. The third keynote essay is by the United Nations Under Secretary-General of Legal Affairs, Hans Correl. The remainder of the volume includes contributions by six judges from the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority, senior representatives from the Food and Agriculture Organization, International Maritime Organization, World Bank, Swedish Foreign Ministry and United States Department of State along with 25 professors and environmental law experts from 15 countries. The collection provides a comprehensive, in-depth review of the historic achievement as well as current relevance of the 1972 Stockholm Declaration as a landmark achievement in international environmental law.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Prefatory Note

Note by the Editors

Introduction

Welcoming Remarks

Gustaf Lindencrona

John Norton Moore

Keynote Addresses

Hans Blix

Bjørn Lomborg

Hans Corell

Panel I: Impact of the Stockholm Declaration on International Environmental Law Principles

The Destiny of the Principles of the Stockholm Declaration

The Stockholm Declaration and the Structure and Processes of International Environmental Law

Impact on the Development of International Law on Cooperation: The United Nations Law of the Sea, Straddling Stocks and Biodiversity Convention

Panel II: Impact of the Stockholm Declaration on International Environmental Institutions

The Marine Environment and International Environmental Governance

The World Trade Organization and the Marine Environment

International Financial Institutions and the Marine Environment: A View from the World Bank

Panel III: Regional Protection of the Marine Environment

Regional Approaches to the Protection of the Marine Environment

Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area-The Impact of the Stockholm Declaration

Soft and Hard Law Aspects of Fisheries Issues: Some Recent Global and Regional Approaches

Regional Protection of the Marine Environment in the Northeast Atlantic Under the OSPAR Convention of 1992

Polar Seas

Panel IV: Marine Environment in Enclosed and Semi-Enclosed Seas

New Forms of Cooperation in the Mediterranean System of Environmental Protection

The Black Sea: A Case Study in Regional Cooperation

The Protection of the Marine Environment in the Adriatic Sea

Panel V: Marine Environment Jurisdictional Issues

Jurisdictional Developments and the Law of the Sea Convention: Some Observations on Vessel-Source Pollution.

Marine Environment Jurisdictional Issues: Coastal States

Flag State Perspectives

Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas: Current Developments

Panel VI: Science and the Marine Environment

The Stockholm Declaration and Law of Marine Environment: An NGO Perspective

Environmental Problems in the Aegean Sea

Of Scientists, Science and the Continental Shelf

Panel VII: Sustainable Development and the Marine Environment

Three Decades' Progress in High Seas Fisheries Governance: Towards a Common Heritage Regime?

Management of the Utilization of Living Marine Resources

Iceland's Adherence to the International Whaling Commission

Moratorium or Management?

Replacing Bias with Reality to Achieve the Stockholm Declaration's Dream of a Poverty and Pollution Free World

Panel VIII: Future Developments

Some Future Developments in Liability and Compensation for Environmental Damage at Sea

International Challenges in Addressing Marine Environmental Problems.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004481589

9004481583

OCLC:

1427668229

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004481589 DOI