Features of Creating Environmental Institutional Conditions for the Functioning of Arctic States
Abstract The analysis of rule-making process in order to reveal some features of creating of environmental institutional conditions for Arctic states has been carried out in the paper. The importance of this research is defined by the fact that environmental problems are of particular relevancy in t...
| Published in: | IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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IOP Publishing
2020
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/539/1/012043 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/539/1/012043/pdf https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/539/1/012043 |
| Summary: | Abstract The analysis of rule-making process in order to reveal some features of creating of environmental institutional conditions for Arctic states has been carried out in the paper. The importance of this research is defined by the fact that environmental problems are of particular relevancy in the movement of ensuring of the Arctic states’ development. At the same time, there is no any unified international treaty concerning environmental standards of the Arctic’s economic activity or any special rules for its protection. The Arctic states jointly establish environmental standards and rules for the development of the Arctic. The authors have examined the Arctic’s legal regime in the context of international cooperation on environmental affairs. The following main problems of creating the institutional environmental conditions for the Arctic states functioning are identified: firstly, the concept of “Arctic states” in international documents refers to different groups of countries; secondly, part of the Arctic’s territories and water areas does not have clear jurisdiction and is sometimes considered as “disputed territories”; thirdly, in relation to the Arctic, the so-called “soft law”, implying the recommendatory nature of rules and norms enshrined in international treaties and not having legally binding force for the signatory states. The features of institutional environmental conditions for the functioning of the Russian Federation have been evaluated and the trends for their improvement have been determined. |
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