About the legal regime apllicable to the environmental protection of the artic ocean
The particularities of the Arctic environment have encouraged a strong debate over the sufficiency of its current legal regime to guarantee an adequate and sufficient protection. In this context, a strong tension is discernible between those who sustain that protection efforts over this area can be...
Published in: | Revista de derecho (Valdivia) |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | Spanish |
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Universidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales.
2016
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Online Access: | http://revistas.uach.cl/index.php/revider/article/view/1817 https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-09502016000200009 |
Summary: | The particularities of the Arctic environment have encouraged a strong debate over the sufficiency of its current legal regime to guarantee an adequate and sufficient protection. In this context, a strong tension is discernible between those who sustain that protection efforts over this area can be effectively channeled through the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and those who believe that the very special needs of the Arctic cannot be addressed under such a general instrument. The authors advocate for an effective protection through the efficient utilization of the available resources, and on the basis of cooperation. Las particularidades del medio ambiente Ártico han propiciado un importante debate académico en relación con la suficiencia de su régimen legal internacional actual para garantizar una protección adecuada. Al respecto, se evidencia una enorme tensión entre aquellos que defienden la idoneidad de la Convención de Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar como herramienta efectiva para encauzar los esfuerzos de protección, y aquellos que destacan que las especialísimas necesidades del Ártico no pueden ser adecuadamente abordadas bajo la égida de este instrumento. Los autores abogan por una protección efectiva a partir de la utilización eficiente de los instrumentos disponibles y sobre la base de la cooperación. |
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