The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea-still relevant to protection of the marine environment?

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Abstract

The aim of this chapter is to consider whether the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) is still relevant to the protection of the marine environment. After explaining that the drafters of the LOSC never intended that it should be a comprehensive treaty to protect the marine environment, the chapter discusses the role of the LOSC in providing the constitutional framework for such protection and the various ways in which the LOSC may be, and has been, developed to address marine environmental matters more effectively. Against that background, the chapter then turns to consider the relevance of the LOSC to three of the most pressing current marine environmental issues, all of which have become apparent since its conclusion. Those issues are the sharp decline in marine biodiversity; the pollution of the sea by plastics; and the impact on the marine environment of increasing emissions of greenhouse gases.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationResearch Handbook on International Marine Environmental Law
EditorsRosemary Rayfuse, Aline Jaeckel, Natalie Klein
Place of PublicationCheltenham
PublisherEdward Elgar Publishing
Chapter2
Pages33-56
Number of pages24
Edition2nd
ISBN (Electronic)9781789909081
ISBN (Print)9781789909074
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Apr 2023

Publication series

NameResearch Handbooks in Environmental Law series
PublisherEdward Elgar Publishing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Social Sciences

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