Ocean Sustainability in the 21st Century

Salvatore Aricò

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN:
  9781107100138
• eBook ISBN:
  9781316310793
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Oceanography

Describing the emerging and unresolved issues related to the oceans and the marine environment, this book presents the developments made in marine science and policy since the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and implications for the sustainable management of ocean areas and resources. This comprehensive volume also provides a number of scientific, policy, and legal tools to address such issues, and to ensure better science-based management of the oceans. Topics covered include the impacts of human-induced climate change on the oceans, the marine genetic resources debate, the current legal framework for the oceans, and a comparative study of the legal issues associated with outer space. Including practical examples and worldwide case studies, this book is a valuable resource for policy makers, students and academics, in marine science and policy, ocean affairs, and the law of the sea.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Title page
• Copyright information
• Table of contents
• Contributors
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Foreword by Irina Bokova,Director-General of UNESCO
• Foreword by Thomas E. Lovejoy
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Issues regarding oceans and opportunities: an introduction to the book
• 2 Main human uses of ocean areas and resources, impacts, and multiple scales of governance
• 3 Physical and chemical changes in the ocean over basin-wide zones and decadal or longer time-scales: perspectives on current and future conditions
• 4 Knowledge and implications of global change in the oceans for biology, ecology, and ecosystem services
• 5 A new perspective on changing Arctic marine ecosystems: panarchy adaptive cycles in pan-Arctic spatial and temporal scales
• 6 Ecosystem approach and ocean management
• 7 Challenges in using valuation in ecosystem-based management in a marine context: the case of UK Marine Protected Area designation
• 8 The contribution of international scientific cooperation and related institutions to effective governance for the oceans: the cases of regional tsunami early warning systems and the Argo Project
• 9 Emerging and unresolved issues: the example of marine genetic resources of areas beyond national jurisdiction
• 10 The assumption that the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is the legal framework for all activities taking place in the sea
• 11 The legal regime of outer space in light of the Law of the Sea
• 12 Towards sustainable oceans in the 21st century
• Index