Environmental Governance of the Great Seas

Joseph F.C. DiMento, Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine and Director, Newkirk Center for Science and Society, US and Alexis Jaclyn Hickman, Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning and Doctoral Candidate in Planning, Policy and Design, University of California, Irvine, US

• Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Baltic Sea with Hermanni Backer, Joseph F.C. DiMento and Alexis Jaclyn Hickman 3. The Black Sea 4. The East Asian Seas 5. The Mediterranean Sea with Tullio Scovazzi, Joseph F.C. DiMento and Alexis Jaclyn Hickman 6. The West and Central African Seas 7. The Wider Caribbean Region 8. An Accounting Appendices References Index

’This book is informative and educational. It provides a representative sample of governance systems ranging from highly organised, functioning and well-resourced systems to underfunded systems in which implementation and the political will to do so remain fundamental challenges. The case studies chosen by the authors also display a range of environmental challenges, insofar as this is possible as several of those challenges, such as land-based pollution are evident in all regions of the globe. The inclusion of interviews with representatives of various of the institutions involved in governance of the regional seas and other experts adds depth, colour and pragmatism to the authors' assessments. Viewed holistically, the book should be of interest to all those wishing to build a more in-depth and comparative knowledge of regional seas governance and those wishing to explore the ways in which we might improve governance of the oceans.'