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International Governance of the Arctic Marine Environment electronic resource With Particular Emphasis on High Seas Fisheries / by Lilly Weidemann.

By: Weidemann, Lilly [author.]Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service)Material type: TextTextSeries: Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs, International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs at the University of HamburgPublication details: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014Description: XIV, 251 p. online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319044712Subject(s): law | environmental law | Law | Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space | International Environmental Law | Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice | Climate Change Management and PolicyDDC classification: 341.4 | 341 LOC classification: KZA1002-5205KZD1002-6715Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction -- Environmental Situation in the Arctic -- International Governance of the Arctic Marine Environment -- Possible Ways for Enhancement -- Summary.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: The Arctic is particularly affected by climate change; over the past few decades, temperatures in this area have risen twice as fast as the mean global rate. The most prominent effect of global climate change in the region is the melting sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, which enables a multitude of ocean uses to be initiated and extended, such as shipping, fishing and oil and gas extraction. Unlike in the Antarctic, there is currently no single comprehensive legal regime for governance of the Arctic. Instead, the region is regulated by a patchwork of international treaties, above all the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), various regional and sub-regional agreements, national laws and soft-law agreements. This treatise provides an evaluation of the governance regime that regulates the use of the Arctic marine environment and its readiness to protect these fragile ecosystems in light of the consequences of climate change.
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Introduction -- Environmental Situation in the Arctic -- International Governance of the Arctic Marine Environment -- Possible Ways for Enhancement -- Summary.

The Arctic is particularly affected by climate change; over the past few decades, temperatures in this area have risen twice as fast as the mean global rate. The most prominent effect of global climate change in the region is the melting sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, which enables a multitude of ocean uses to be initiated and extended, such as shipping, fishing and oil and gas extraction. Unlike in the Antarctic, there is currently no single comprehensive legal regime for governance of the Arctic. Instead, the region is regulated by a patchwork of international treaties, above all the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), various regional and sub-regional agreements, national laws and soft-law agreements. This treatise provides an evaluation of the governance regime that regulates the use of the Arctic marine environment and its readiness to protect these fragile ecosystems in light of the consequences of climate change.

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