International Marine Environmental Law and Policy

Notes on the contributors

Acknowledgements

PART I

Introduction and general framework for the international marine environmental law

1 Contemporary issues in the protection and conservation of the marine environment: an overview

Sandya Nishanthi Gunasekara and Md Saiful Karim

2 Ocean governance and marine environmental conservation: concepts, principles and institutions

Abul Hasanat and Md Saiful Karim

PART II

Prevention of marine pollution

3 Prevention, reduction and control of marine pollution from land-based sources and activities

Daud Hassan and Stan Palassis

4 Prevention, reduction and control of marine pollution from ships

Mahatab Uddin and Md Saiful Karim

5 Control and prevention of marine pollution from offshore hydrocarbon and mineral resources exploration and production activities

Hossein Esmaeili

6 Climate change, ocean acidification and the marine environment: challenges for the international legal regime

Tavis Potts

7 Marine spatial planning and the new frontiers of marine governance

Niko Soininen and Daud Hassan

PART III

Conservation and management of marine living resources

8 Conservation of marine living resources and fisheries management

Daud Hassan and Emdadul Haque

9 Marine protected areas: contemporary challenges and developments

Erika Techera

10 Recognition of Indigenous rights in governance of marine protected areas: applying international law and Australian experiences

Donna Craig

PART IV

Polar regions

11 Protection of the Antarctic marine environment: dimensions, relationships and fields

Tuomas Kuokkanen

12 Protection of the arctic marine environment

Timo Koivurova and Nengye Liu

PART V

Settlement of disputes and conclusions 223

13 Contemporary marine environmental disputes

Daud Hassan and Beatriz Garcia

14 Future of international marine environmental law and policy: concluding remarks

Daud Hassan and Asraful Alam

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