Edited by Rosemary Rayfuse, Emerita Scientia Professor, Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW Sydney, Australia, Aline Jaeckel, Associate Professor, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong, Australia and Research Associate, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam, Germany and Natalie Klein, Professor, Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW Sydney, Australia

• Contents:Preface xiPART I MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN THE 21ST CENTURY1 International marine environmental law in the 21st century 2Rosemary Rayfuse, Aline Jaeckel and Natalie Klein2 The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea – still relevant to protectionof the marine environment? 33Robin Churchill3 Fragmentation and coherence in the legal framework for the protectionof the marine environment 57Alexander ProelssPART II LEGAL FRAMEWORKS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THEMARINE ENVIRONMENT4 Basic principles of international marine environmental law 81Yoshifumi Tanaka5 Compliance mechanisms under treaties relating to protection of themarine environment 104James Harrison6 Resolving international disputes concerning the marine environment 124Natalie Klein and Millicent McCreath7 Mapping progress and challenges for the UNEP Regional SeaProgramme for the Mediterranean 150Nilufer Oral8 The Indian Ocean region and marine environmental law 172Erika TecheraPART III POLLUTION AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT9 Vessel-source pollution – some key developments 196Henrik Ringbom10 Regulating shipping under conditions of uncertainty: The Arctic Oceanand knowledge-based decision-making 218Tore Henriksen11 From ocean dumping to marine geoengineering: The evolution of theLondon Regime 240Karen N Scott12 Ocean acidification 264Ellycia Harrould-Kolieb and Tim StephensPART IV PROTECTING MARINE BIODIVERSITY13 Protecting the marine environment of the deep seabed 289Michael Lodge14 Protecting marine biodiversity and vulnerable marine ecosystems 311Rosemary Rayfuse15 Marine mammals and migratory species 333Richard CaddellPART V MECHANISMS AND TOOLS FOR PROTECTING THEMARINE ENVIRONMENT16 Public participation in the governance of deep-seabed mining in the Area 361Jeff Ardron, Hannah Lily and Aline Jaeckel17 Marine scientific research and the protection of the seas and oceans 385Anna-Maria Hubert18 New technology and the protection of the marine environment 409Hilde J Woker, Rozemarijn J Roland Holst and Harriet Harden-Davies19 Implementing environmental impact assessment in areas beyondnational jurisdiction: Epistemic, institutional and normative challenges 428Neil Craik and Kristine Gu20 Enhancing marine protected areas and marine spatial planning throughan ecosystem approach 451Vasco Becker-WeinbergIndex 467

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