Edited by Rosemary Rayfuse, Emerita Scientia Professor, Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW Sydney, Australia

'For diplomats, practitioners, and scholars concerned with the myriad threats facing our oceans, the Elgar Research Handbook on International Marine Environmental Law is a must. It contains enlightening analysis of the complex ocean governance problems that imperil the marine environment and continue to evade solution. More importantly, it advances realistic ideas to move the environmental protection of our oceans forward. All of this from some of the sharpest thinkers on these issues today.'

• Contents:ForewordPART I THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT1. The LOSC Regime for Protection of the Marine Environment – Fit for the Twenty-first Century?Robin Churchill2. Principles of International Marine Environmental LawYoshifumi Tanaka3. Actors and Institutions for the Protection of the Marine EnvironmentJames HarrisonPart II POLLUTION AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT4. Land Based Pollution and the Marine EnvironmentDavid Osborn5. Vessel-source PollutionHenrik Ringbom6. The International Control of Ocean Dumping: Navigating from Permissive to Precautionary ShoresDavid L. VanderZwaagPART III SEABED ACTIVITIES AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT7. Protecting the Marine Environment of the Deep SeabedMichael Lodge8. Reconciling Activities on the Extended Continental Shelf with Protection of the Marine EnvironmentJoanna Mossop9. Protection of the Marine Environment from Offshore Oil and Gas ActivitiesNengye Liu10. Protection and Preservation of the Marine Environment from Seabed Mining Activities on the Continental Shelf: Perspectives from the Pacific Islands RegionMarie BourrelPART IV PROTECTION OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY11. Protecting Marine SpeciesAlexander Proelss and Katherine Houghton12. Conservation and Sustainable use of Marine Biodiversity in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction: Towards an Implementing AgreementDire Tladi13. Marine Protected Areas in Areas beyond National JurisdictionGlenn Wright, Julien Rochette and Elizabeth Druel14. Environmental Assessment in Marine Areas beyond National JurisdictionRobin Warner15. Marine Scientific Research and the Protection of the Seas and OceansAnna Maria HubertPART V REGIONAL APPROACHES TO THE PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT16. Forty Years of the UNEP Regional Seas Programme: From Past to FutureNilufer Oral17. Protecting Polar Environments: Coherency in Regulating Arctic ShippingTore Henriksen18. Large Marine Ecosystems and Associated New Approaches to Regional, Transboundary and ‘High Seas’ ManagementDavid Vousden19. Towards a Regional Regime for the Establishment of a Network of Marine Protected Areas in the South China SeaHai Dang VuPART VI CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT20. Ocean AcidificationTim Stephens21. Geoengineering and the Marine EnvironmentKaren N. ScottIndex

Edited by Rosemary Rayfuse, Emerita Scientia Professor, Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW Sydney, Australia

'For diplomats, practitioners, and scholars concerned with the myriad threats facing our oceans, the Elgar Research Handbook on International Marine Environmental Law is a must. It contains enlightening analysis of the complex ocean governance problems that imperil the marine environment and continue to evade solution. More importantly, it advances realistic ideas to move the environmental protection of our oceans forward. All of this from some of the sharpest thinkers on these issues today.'

• Contents:ForewordPART I THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT1. The LOSC Regime for Protection of the Marine Environment – Fit for the Twenty-first Century?Robin Churchill2. Principles of International Marine Environmental LawYoshifumi Tanaka3. Actors and Institutions for the Protection of the Marine EnvironmentJames HarrisonPart II POLLUTION AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT4. Land Based Pollution and the Marine EnvironmentDavid Osborn5. Vessel-source PollutionHenrik Ringbom6. The International Control of Ocean Dumping: Navigating from Permissive to Precautionary ShoresDavid L. VanderZwaagPART III SEABED ACTIVITIES AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT7. Protecting the Marine Environment of the Deep SeabedMichael Lodge8. Reconciling Activities on the Extended Continental Shelf with Protection of the Marine EnvironmentJoanna Mossop9. Protection of the Marine Environment from Offshore Oil and Gas ActivitiesNengye Liu10. Protection and Preservation of the Marine Environment from Seabed Mining Activities on the Continental Shelf: Perspectives from the Pacific Islands RegionMarie BourrelPART IV PROTECTION OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY11. Protecting Marine SpeciesAlexander Proelss and Katherine Houghton12. Conservation and Sustainable use of Marine Biodiversity in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction: Towards an Implementing AgreementDire Tladi13. Marine Protected Areas in Areas beyond National JurisdictionGlenn Wright, Julien Rochette and Elizabeth Druel14. Environmental Assessment in Marine Areas beyond National JurisdictionRobin Warner15. Marine Scientific Research and the Protection of the Seas and OceansAnna Maria HubertPART V REGIONAL APPROACHES TO THE PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT16. Forty Years of the UNEP Regional Seas Programme: From Past to FutureNilufer Oral17. Protecting Polar Environments: Coherency in Regulating Arctic ShippingTore Henriksen18. Large Marine Ecosystems and Associated New Approaches to Regional, Transboundary and ‘High Seas’ ManagementDavid Vousden19. Towards a Regional Regime for the Establishment of a Network of Marine Protected Areas in the South China SeaHai Dang VuPART VI CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT20. Ocean AcidificationTim Stephens21. Geoengineering and the Marine EnvironmentKaren N. ScottIndex

Edited by Rosemary Rayfuse, Emerita Scientia Professor, Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW Sydney, Australia

'For diplomats, practitioners, and scholars concerned with the myriad threats facing our oceans, the Elgar Research Handbook on International Marine Environmental Law is a must. It contains enlightening analysis of the complex ocean governance problems that imperil the marine environment and continue to evade solution. More importantly, it advances realistic ideas to move the environmental protection of our oceans forward. All of this from some of the sharpest thinkers on these issues today.'

• Contents:ForewordPART I THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT1. The LOSC Regime for Protection of the Marine Environment – Fit for the Twenty-first Century?Robin Churchill2. Principles of International Marine Environmental LawYoshifumi Tanaka3. Actors and Institutions for the Protection of the Marine EnvironmentJames HarrisonPart II POLLUTION AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT4. Land Based Pollution and the Marine EnvironmentDavid Osborn5. Vessel-source PollutionHenrik Ringbom6. The International Control of Ocean Dumping: Navigating from Permissive to Precautionary ShoresDavid L. VanderZwaagPART III SEABED ACTIVITIES AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT7. Protecting the Marine Environment of the Deep SeabedMichael Lodge8. Reconciling Activities on the Extended Continental Shelf with Protection of the Marine EnvironmentJoanna Mossop9. Protection of the Marine Environment from Offshore Oil and Gas ActivitiesNengye Liu10. Protection and Preservation of the Marine Environment from Seabed Mining Activities on the Continental Shelf: Perspectives from the Pacific Islands RegionMarie BourrelPART IV PROTECTION OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY11. Protecting Marine SpeciesAlexander Proelss and Katherine Houghton12. Conservation and Sustainable use of Marine Biodiversity in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction: Towards an Implementing AgreementDire Tladi13. Marine Protected Areas in Areas beyond National JurisdictionGlenn Wright, Julien Rochette and Elizabeth Druel14. Environmental Assessment in Marine Areas beyond National JurisdictionRobin Warner15. Marine Scientific Research and the Protection of the Seas and OceansAnna Maria HubertPART V REGIONAL APPROACHES TO THE PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT16. Forty Years of the UNEP Regional Seas Programme: From Past to FutureNilufer Oral17. Protecting Polar Environments: Coherency in Regulating Arctic ShippingTore Henriksen18. Large Marine Ecosystems and Associated New Approaches to Regional, Transboundary and ‘High Seas’ ManagementDavid Vousden19. Towards a Regional Regime for the Establishment of a Network of Marine Protected Areas in the South China SeaHai Dang VuPART VI CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT20. Ocean AcidificationTim Stephens21. Geoengineering and the Marine EnvironmentKaren N. ScottIndex