Conserving Biodiversity in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction

David Freestone is Founding Editor of the International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law. He is also a Visiting Scholar and Professorial Lecturer at the George Washington University Law School and Executive Secretary of the Sargasso Sea Commission. He is former Deputy General Counsel/Senior Adviser at the World Bank.

• ForewordAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsPart 1: IntroductionIntroduction: The UN Process to Develop an International Legally Binding Instrument under the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention: Issues and ChallengesDavid FreestonePart 2: The BBNJ Package Deal: Elements and Issues1 Principles Applicable to Modern Oceans GovernanceDavid Freestone2 Coastal States and MPAs in ABNJ: Ensuring Consistency with the LOSCAlex G. Oude Elferink3 Preliminary Thoughts on Marine Spatial Planning in Areas beyond National JurisdictionVasco Becker-Weinberg4 The Proposed LOSC Implementation Agreement on Areas beyond National Jurisdiction and Its Impact on International Fisheries LawRichard Barnes5 The Proposed Implementing Agreement: Options for Coherence and Consistency in the Establishment of Protected Areas beyond National JurisdictionDire Tladi6 The Signing of the Hamilton Declaration on Collaboration for the Conservation of the Sargasso Sea: A New Paradigm for High Seas Conservation?David Freestone and Kate Killerlain Morrison7 Submarine Telecommunication Cables and a Biodiversity Agreement in ABNJ: Finding New Routes for CooperationAndrew Friedman8 International Legal Obligations for Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment in the Arctic Ocean Gunnar Sander 9 Current ‘Light’ and ‘Heavy’ Options for Benefit-sharing in the Context of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Gaute Voigt-Hanssen10 Mare Geneticum: Towards an Implementing Agreement for Marine Genetic Resources in International WatersThomas Vanagt, Arianna Broggiato, Laura E. Lallier, Marcel Jaspars, Geoff Burton, and Dominic Muyldermans11 Research for Regions: Strengthening Marine Technology Transfer for Pacific Island Countries and Biodiversity beyond National JurisdictionHarriet R. Harden-DaviesIndex

"[T]his anthology will be an important reference point in future discussions on the BBNJ process and its outcome treaty, as it provides an important archival function and an editorial framing that gives the book extended “shelf life” in terms of relevance for the conservation of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction even after the adoption of the treaty." -Vito De Lucia, Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea, in Ocean Yearbook 38 (Brill, 2024)