Marine protected areas in areas beyond national jurisdiction The pioneering efforts under the OSPAR Convention
The international community has committed itself to establishing a coherent network of marine protected areas (MPAs) by 2012. This network should also extend to areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ), namely the high seas and the ‘Area’ (the seabed and ocean floor and the subsoil thereof beyond t...
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ftjulr:oai:ojs.utrechtlawreview.org:article/92 2023-05-15T17:38:17+02:00 Marine protected areas in areas beyond national jurisdiction The pioneering efforts under the OSPAR Convention Molenaar, Erik J. Oude Elferink, Alex G. 2009-06-11 application/pdf https://www.utrechtlawreview.org/jms/article/view/URN%3ANBN%3ANL%3AUI%3A10-1-101111 https://doi.org/10.18352/ulr.92 eng eng Utrecht Law Review https://www.utrechtlawreview.org/jms/article/view/URN%3ANBN%3ANL%3AUI%3A10-1-101111/92 10.18352/ulr.92 https://www.utrechtlawreview.org/jms/article/view/URN%3ANBN%3ANL%3AUI%3A10-1-101111 doi:10.18352/ulr.92 Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:Authors retain copyright and grant Utrecht Law Review right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in the Utrecht Law Review.Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in Utrecht Law Review.Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).Once accepted for publication, the final version of the paper must be provided. A completed and signed copyright form, which will be sent by the Managing Editor, must accompany each paper. By signing the form the author states to accept the copyright notice of Utrecht Law Review. The copyright notice for authors is also included in the copyright acceptance form. CC-BY Utrecht Law Review; Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2009; 5-20 1871-515X law of the sea international environmental law OSPAR North-East Atlantic Ocean info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewd Article 2009 ftjulr https://doi.org/10.18352/ulr.92 2021-11-29T18:05:38Z The international community has committed itself to establishing a coherent network of marine protected areas (MPAs) by 2012. This network should also extend to areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ), namely the high seas and the ‘Area’ (the seabed and ocean floor and the subsoil thereof beyond the limits of national jurisdiction). This article examines the pioneering efforts of OSPAR to establish MPAs in ABNJ in the North-East Atlantic Ocean. In that connection, OSPAR has to work out how to deal with the applicable international governance and regulatory framework, most importantly the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the various ‘competent’ international organizations functioning thereunder. The article’s most important conclusion is that an effective regime for ABNJ in general and also for holistic MPAs in ABNJ requires complementary action at the global and regional levels. OSPAR’s pioneering approach may, if pursued carefully – among other things by respecting the competence of other global and regional bodies – have a decisive impact on the development of the global legal regime in respect of the role of regional environmental organizations in the management of ABNJ. Article in Journal/Newspaper North East Atlantic Utrecht Law Review Utrecht Law Review 5 1 5 |
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The international community has committed itself to establishing a coherent network of marine protected areas (MPAs) by 2012. This network should also extend to areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ), namely the high seas and the ‘Area’ (the seabed and ocean floor and the subsoil thereof beyond the limits of national jurisdiction). This article examines the pioneering efforts of OSPAR to establish MPAs in ABNJ in the North-East Atlantic Ocean. In that connection, OSPAR has to work out how to deal with the applicable international governance and regulatory framework, most importantly the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the various ‘competent’ international organizations functioning thereunder. The article’s most important conclusion is that an effective regime for ABNJ in general and also for holistic MPAs in ABNJ requires complementary action at the global and regional levels. OSPAR’s pioneering approach may, if pursued carefully – among other things by respecting the competence of other global and regional bodies – have a decisive impact on the development of the global legal regime in respect of the role of regional environmental organizations in the management of ABNJ. |
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