Nexus and Imbroglio: ccamlr, the Madrid Protocol and Designating Antarctic Marine Protected Areas in the Southern Ocean
The paper examines the process and context of international efforts to designate Marine Protected Areas ( mpa s) in the Southern Ocean. The relationship between the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources ( camlr Convention) and the Madrid Protocol is examined in relation...
| Published in: | The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Brill
2015
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15718085-12341380 https://brill.com/view/journals/estu/30/4/article-p727_6.xml https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/estu/30/4/article-p727_6.xml |
| Summary: | The paper examines the process and context of international efforts to designate Marine Protected Areas ( mpa s) in the Southern Ocean. The relationship between the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources ( camlr Convention) and the Madrid Protocol is examined in relation to legal, political and administrative norms and practices. A contextual overview of the Antarctic mpa system is considered, followed by an analysis of the overlapping competencies of the camlr Commission ( ccamlr ) and the Madrid Protocol. The Antarctic mpa debate is placed in a wider international legal context of the management of global oceans space in areas beyond national jurisdiction. We provide an analysis of the politico-legal discourse and point to complicating factors within, and external to, the Antarctic system. The concluding section suggests options for breathing new life into the Southern Ocean mpa discourse. |
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