Arctic Marine Governance Opportunities for Transatlantic Cooperation /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Tedsen, Elizabeth (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Cavalieri, Sandra (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Kraemer, R. Andreas (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Climate change.; International environmental law.; Human geography.; Climate Change.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; International Environmental Law.; Human Geography.

The Arctic region plays an important role in regulating the world’s climate and is also highly impacted by climate change, with average temperatures rising almost twice as fast as the rest of the world and sea ice melting much faster than previously predicted. These rapid changes will have significa...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• I. The Arctic Environment
• Introduction to the Arctic
• The Arctic Marine Environment
• Environmental Governance in the Marine Arctic
• Arctic Indigenous Peoples and the Challenge of Climate Change
• II. Impacts & Activities in the Marine Arctic
• Status and Reform of International Arctic Fisheries Law
• Status and Reform of International Arctic Shipping Law
• Understanding Risks Associated with Offshore Hydrocarbon Development
• III. Improving Marine Governance
• Impacts Assessments and the New Arctic "Geo-Environment"
• Pan-Arctic Marine Spatial Planning: An Idea whose Time has come
• Marine Protected Areas as a Tool to Ensure Environmental Protection of the Marine Arctic: Legal Aspects
• IV. Opportunities for Transatlantic Cooperation
• EU-US Cooperation to enhance Arctic Marine Governance
• List of relevant Treaties, Instruments, and Agreements.