The environmental state at sea

Seas and oceans are confronted with a plethora of environmental problems, caused by land-based activities (agriculture, industries, and ports) and by maritime activities (such as shipping, fishing, oil and gas drilling, tourism, and navigational dredging). Environmental problems at sea challenge the...

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Published in:Environmental Politics
Main Author: van Tatenhove, J.P.M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Arctic
EU
MSFD
MSP
marine governance
network state
networked polity
regime complexes
Arctic Ocean
Online Access:https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/the-environmental-state-at-sea
https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2015.1074386
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Summary:Seas and oceans are confronted with a plethora of environmental problems, caused by land-based activities (agriculture, industries, and ports) and by maritime activities (such as shipping, fishing, oil and gas drilling, tourism, and navigational dredging). Environmental problems at sea challenge the efficacy of state sovereignty. Who is responsible, accountable, and regulates environmental and spatial problems at the level of regional seas, and what is the role of states in these processes of governance? In the regional seas and on the high seas, the environmental state is challenged by two developments: states become players at different levels, and states are confronted with the activities of big market players where they have no or little jurisdiction. The different forms of the environmental state in Europe’s regional seas and in the Arctic Ocean are examined.

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