... Whether these two bodies of law conflict or co-exist is beyond the scope of this chapter, but the question is important to an understanding of the law relating to theprotectionofthemarineenvironment ... themarineenvironment and the land environment. This is scarcely surprising, given that the greatest impact on the marineenvironment comes not from the use ofthe sea but from the use ofthe ... in the Law ofMarine Environmental Protection – Focus on Ship Safety and Pollution Prevention (London: Kluwer Law International,1997).3S. Sadowski, ProtectionoftheMarineEnvironmentof the...
... On the one hand, the specific anti -marine pollution regime for the Southern Ocean region is bolsteredby international norms prohibiting pollution ofthemarine environment. On the other hand, the ... completion ofthe procedures set out in the Protocol, i.e. Annex I. The incorporation of these procedures marks a significant step towardsbroader environmental protectionofthe circumpolar marine environment. ... (ed.),Implementing the Environmental Protection Regime for the Antarctic.38For a summary ofthe work ofthe group of legal experts on liability and for an overview ofthe sevenmain pending...
... Overview ofthe biological effects of lost anddiscarded plastic debris in themarine environment. Marine Pollution Bulletin 18, 319–326.Laist, D.W., 1997. Impacts ofmarine debris: entanglement of marine life ... 1992).Since the use of plastics continues to increase, so does the amount of plastics polluting themarine environ-ment. Robards et al. (1995) examined the gut content of thousands of birds in ... watersand the pore waters ofthe sediments, and the resultinghypoxia or anoxia in the benthos can interfere with the normal ecosystem functioning, and alter the make-up of life on the sea floor...
... moreaccurately the contributions ofthe Barents Region to theprotectionofthe Arctic marine environment. Normative contributionsIn the process leading up to the establishment of BEAR, the environ-mental ... the 1972 Oslo Convention for the Prevention ofMarine Pollution byDumping from Ships and Aircraft, has now been replaced by the 1992 Convention for the Protection oftheMarineEnvironmentof ... from the Meeting ofthe Ministers ofEnvironmentofthe Nordic Countries and the Russian Federation, held in Kirkenes, Norway, 3–4 September 1992, available from the Norwegian Ministry ofthe Environment, ...
... study on the question ofthe (il)legality of the employment of nuclear weapons from the point of view of inter-national environmentprotection law.By assessing the legality ofthe use of nuclear ... andextensive examination ofthe question ofthe (il)legality ofthe employment of nuclear weapons from the point of view of international environmental protection law. The book consists of two parts. Part ... been regarded as the cornerstones of mod-ern physics, namely the law ofthe conservation of mass and the law of the conservation of energy. In fact, these principles are two phases of one single...
... guarantees ofthe right to privacy and protectionof personal data, which inhibit the dissemination of opinions and information. The Special Rapporteur is ofthe view that the arbitrary use of criminal ... 2009-580, Act furthering the diffusion and protectionof creation on the Internet. 54 “732/2009, Decree ofthe Ministry of Transport and Communications on the minimum rate of a functional ... software, to access the Internet in the first place. The first dimension is addressed in Chapter IV ofthe report, which outlines some ofthe ways in which States are restricting the flow of...
... “Levels of Heavy Metals in Some Marine Organisms for the Western Mediterranean Area (Spain)”, Chapter 2: Threats to theMarineEnvironment 29their way into themarineenvironment either through ... or liver damage. The existence of heavy metals in themarineenvironment can be detected in all parts ofthe world, in particular in sedimentary habitats.144 Most ofthe metals find ... Part 1: TheMarine Environment: Oceans under Threat 28 the strict rules ofthe POPs Convention, but the convention provides for a mecha-nism to add further chemicals to its regime.139 The POPs...
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... In the Netherlands, at the national level, the bicycle was returned to the mainstream of government transport policy in the debate on environment and mobility during the 1980s. As part of an ... first introduces the background and objectives ofthe third phase research ofthe UE Project on the transportation sector. The second chapter provides an overview of transport and environment in ... transport and environment in Asian cities. The last chapter summarises the findings ofthe studies and discusses the barriers and opportunities ofthe air pollution control in the transportation...
... regulation of ship-sourced marine pollution has been the subject of global attention since the 1950s following the adoption ofthe 1954International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution ofthe ... from marine pollution and other maritime incidents resulting in impactupon themarine environment. 10 The result is a global body of law dealing with marine pollution and pro-tection ofthemarine ... are: the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its componentsand the fair and equitable sharing ofthe benefits arising out ofthe utilisation of genetic resources.The...