Transboundary Marine Spatial Planning and International Law

Part 1: Introduction 1. Marine Spatial Planning as an Instrument of Sustainable Ocean Governance Niko Soininen and Daud Hassan Part 2: Marine Spatial Planning in a General Framework 2. Marine Spatial Planning in International Law before Marine Spatial Planning Tuomas Kuokkanen 3. Marine Spatial Planning and Various Uses and Interests relating to the Marine Environment Tavis Potts 4. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea as a Framework for Marine Spatial Planning Daud Hassan and Niko Soininen 5. Marine Spatial Planning: Global and Regional Conventions and Organizations Frank Maes Part 3: Marine Spatial Planning in Transboundary Contexts 6. Marine Spatial Planning: One of the Fundamental Tools to Help Achieve Effective Marine Conservation in the Great Barrier Reef Jon Day 7. Marine Spatial Planning in the Baltic Sea Hermanni Backer 8.1. Transboundary Marine Spatial Planning across the French-Belgian Maritime Borders: Past and Future Cooperation Betty Queffelec and Frank Maes 8.2. Transboundary Marine Spatial Planning in the Irish Sea Stephen Jay 9. Marine Spatial Planning in the European Union Niko Soininen 10. Marine Spatial Planning in the Bay of Bengal Subregion in South Asia Daud Hassan and Emdadul Haque Part 4: Conclusions 11. Comparative and Forward-looking Conclusions on Transboundary Marine Spatial Planning Niko Soininen, Tuomas Kuokkanen and Daud Hassan