Transboundary Marine Spatial Planning and International Law

Daud Hassan is Director of Higher Degree Research in the School of Law at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. Tuomas Kuokkanen is a Ministerial Adviser with the Ministry of Environment, Finland and Professor of International Environmental Law at the University of Eastern Finland. Niko Soininen is Lecturer of Environmental Law and Jurisprudence at the University of Eastern Finland.

• Part 1: Introduction 1. Marine Spatial Planning as an Instrument of Sustainable Ocean Governance Niko Soininen and Daud Hassan Part 2: Marine Spatial Planning in a General Framework 2. Marine Spatial Planning in International Law before Marine Spatial Planning Tuomas Kuokkanen 3. Marine Spatial Planning and Various Uses and Interests relating to the Marine Environment Tavis Potts 4. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea as a Framework for Marine Spatial Planning Daud Hassan and Niko Soininen 5. Marine Spatial Planning: Global and Regional Conventions and Organizations Frank Maes Part 3: Marine Spatial Planning in Transboundary Contexts 6. Marine Spatial Planning: One of the Fundamental Tools to Help Achieve Effective Marine Conservation in the Great Barrier Reef Jon Day 7. Marine Spatial Planning in the Baltic Sea Hermanni Backer 8.1. Transboundary Marine Spatial Planning across the French-Belgian Maritime Borders: Past and Future Cooperation Betty Queffelec and Frank Maes 8.2. Transboundary Marine Spatial Planning in the Irish Sea Stephen Jay 9. Marine Spatial Planning in the European Union Niko Soininen 10. Marine Spatial Planning in the Bay of Bengal Subregion in South Asia Daud Hassan and Emdadul Haque Part 4: Conclusions 11. Comparative and Forward-looking Conclusions on Transboundary Marine Spatial Planning Niko Soininen, Tuomas Kuokkanen and Daud Hassan

"All in all, Transboundary Marine Spatial Planning and International Law provides important insights and analysis of the challenges and opportunities for transboundary MSP and the role of international law in this regard, and is complemented with illustrative case studies of how international law can shape transboundary MSP in diverse geographical, political, and institutional contexts. It is a reading appropriate for academics and MSP practitioners alike, particularly those considering embarking on a transboundary MSP process, and for those interested in transboundary marine management in general, including policy-makers." - Catarina Grilo, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal, in Ocean Yearbook 31 (2017).