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The Structuring Role of Marine Life in Open Ocean Habitat: Importance to International Policy

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017
Areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) lie outside the 200 nautical mile limits of national sovereignty and cover 58% of the ocean surface. Global conservation agreements recognize biodiversity loss in ABNJ and aim to protect ≥10% of oceans in marine ...
Bethan C. O'Leary, Callum M. Roberts
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Conservation of Marine Biological Diversity and Genetic Resources in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction as Common Heritage of Mankind [PDF]

Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i ̒Umūmī, 2020
Sustainable development of the oceans and regulating the seas by the application of the rule of law is considered as one of the most recent phenomena in the field of international law of the sea. Because of the exacerbated challenges and threats posed on
Zakieh Taghizadeh, Mahdi Haddadi
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Environmental Impact Assessment in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction [PDF]

The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, 2012
Abstract Environmental impact assessment (EIA) has become widely accepted as an indispensable instrument to manage and control negative impacts of human activities on the environment. The present report analyzes the general legal framework for EIA in maritime areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) and also considers the regime for assessments in ...
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Consolidating Governance Principles for Areas beyond National Jurisdiction [PDF]

The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, 2012
Abstract This article comments upon the list of governance principles for areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) advanced in the Report by Alex Oude Elferink. It begins by considering the meaning of governance principles, and how they can contribute to the development of the legal regime for ABNJ.
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Protecting biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction: An earth system governance perspective

Earth System Governance, 2019
In September 2018, following over a decade of informal discussions, the United Nations General Assembly launched an intergovernmental conference to address the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction. This process is
E.M. De Santo, Á. Ásgeirsdóttir, A. Barros-Platiau, F. Biermann, J. Dryzek, L.R. Gonçalves, R.E. Kim, E. Mendenhall, R. Mitchell, E. Nyman, M. Scobie, K. Sun, R. Tiller, D.G. Webster, O. Young   +14 more
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Genetic resources as an object of international law

Правоприменение, 2023
The article examines whether the legal regime of genetic resources is outlined in the context of applicable rules relating to biological diversity. The purpose of the research is to confute the prospects for the formation of a universal legal regime for ...
A. N. Vylegzhanin, P. V. Sotskova
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Big schools of small fish in a big pond – the influence of small-island developing states in the BBNJ process

Frontiers in Marine Science
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are champions on the global stage of sustainable and equitable ocean management. This paper addresses the contributions of SIDS to the negotiation and development of the legally binding agreement under the United ...
Kahlil Hassanali, Kahlil Hassanali, Kahlil Hassanali, Nellie Catzim, Nellie Catzim, Ríán Derrig, Harriet Harden-Davies, Vui Gemma Nelson, Vui Gemma Nelson, Angelique Pouponneau, Angelique Pouponneau   +10 more
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Benefit sharing of marine genetic resources and intellectual property protection under the BBNJ agreement

Frontiers in Marine Science
The relationship between benefit-sharing of marine genetic resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction and the intellectual property system has been a focal issue in past negotiations of the BBNJ Agreement.
Qing Xu, Yongfeng Jin
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Addressing the Relationship between Area-based Management Tools (ABMTs) Including Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and the Right of the Adjacent Coastal State to the High Seas: Recent Discussion and Suggestion

Jurnal Iqtisad, 2020
Marine biodiversity beyond areas national jurisdiction (BBNJ) are characterized by high diversity of life and ecosystem and played central role in maintaining and supporting life on earth.
Firdos Firdos, Ubbadul Adzkiya’
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The Limits of Sectoral and Regional Efforts to Designate High Seas Marine Protected Areas

AJIL Unbound, 2018
This essay addresses the question of how the international community could designate high seas marine protected areas (MPAs) that would be binding on all states.
David Freestone
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