Combatting Eutrophication in the Baltic Sea: Legal Aspects of Sea-Based Engineering Measures

Henrik Ringbom, Ph.D. (2007), is Professor II at the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law at the University of Oslo (Norway) and Adjunct Professor (Docent) at Åbo Akademi University in Turku/Åbo (Finland). He has published widely in the field of international and European maritime and environmental law.Brita Bohman, LL.D. (Stockholm University, Sweden, 2017) is Senior Lecturer in environmental law at Stockholm University since 2018 and currently holds a two-year Post Doc position in Ocean Governance Law at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden (2017–2019). Her dissertation analyzed the international and EU regulation of eutrophication in the Baltic Sea.Saara Ilvessalo, LL.M. (2016), is the Coordinator of Baltic Area Legal Studies BALEX, a legal competence cluster between the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University. She has been researching the legal framework for sea-based measures in the assessment ‘Speeding up the Ecological Recovery of the Baltic Sea’ (2018).

• Combatting Eutrophication in the Baltic Sea: Legal Aspects of Sea-Based Engineering MeasuresHenrik Ringbom, Brita Bohman and Saara IlvessaloAbstractKeywords1 Introduction2 Applicable Legal Framework for Sea-Based Measures3 Key Issues Raised by Sea-Based Measures4 The Relevance and Role of National Law5 Recent Development at HELCOM6 Concluding ObservationsList of ReferencesAuthors’ Biographical Notes