Arctic Science, International Law and Climate Change: Legal Aspects of Marine Science in the Arctic Ocean

✍ Scribed by Guido Westerwelle (auth.), Susanne Wasum-Rainer, Ingo Winkelmann, Katrin Tiroch (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 380
• Series: Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht 235
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Developments in the Arctic region are increasingly part of international discussion. The book contains a comprehensive and interdisciplinary analysis of the current problems around marine scientific research in the Arctic region. It combines scientific, legal and policy aspects. The main questions addressed are: ongoing and future Arctic marine research, marine research in the Arctic Ocean in practice, the legal framework, enlarged continental shelves and the freedom of marine science and particularities and challenges of the Arctic region. The contributors are leading experts in the field of politics, law and science.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Climate Change, International Law and Arctic Research – Legal Aspects of Marine Research in the Arctic Ocean....Pages 1-3
The Arctic: A Test Bench for International Dialogue....Pages 5-8
Arctic Science, International Law and Climate Change....Pages 9-13
The Arctic – a Sentinel for Environmental Processes and Effects....Pages 15-36
More Relevant Research for the EU Arctic Policy....Pages 37-43
Arctic Processes and the Global Climate....Pages 45-53
Developing and Sustaining an Arctic Ocean Observing System....Pages 55-58
Recent Russian Marine Research Activities in the Arctic Ocean....Pages 59-66
Arctic Research in Practice....Pages 67-81
Arctic Marine Research: The Perspective of a US Practitioner....Pages 83-95
Environmental Permitting Constraints on Arctic Marine Scientific Research....Pages 97-99
Marine Scientific Research in Waters under the Jurisdiction of the Russian Federation....Pages 101-104
Climate Change and Traditional Knowledge....Pages 105-109
Extended Continental Shelf Issues in the Arctic Ocean: A Modern ‘Land Grab’ Or an Example of Cooperation between the Arctic Coastal States?....Pages 111-118
Setting the Stage: The Continental Shelf and Marine Science in the Arctic Ocean....Pages 119-139
Legal Issues of MSR in the Arctic: A Chinese Perspective....Pages 141-154
‘Common Interests’ as an Evolving Body of International Law: Applications to Arctic Ocean Stewardship....Pages 155-173
The International Seabed Authority and the Arctic....Pages 175-188
The Regime for Marine Scientific Research in the Arctic: Implications of the Absence of Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf beyond 200 Nautical Miles....Pages 189-207
Common Precepts of Marine Scientific Research Access in the Arctic....Pages 209-243
Climate Change, Marine Science and Delineation of the Continental Shelf....Pages 245-260
From the DAMOCLES to ACCESS Projects (Sixth & Seventh EU Framework Programmes 2005-2015) IAOOS – An Advanced Arctic Ocean Observing System (2011-2019)....Pages 261-283
Internationally Coordinated, Cooperative Arctic Marine Science during the Fourth International Polar Year: Lessons for Future Arctic Ocean Science Agreements....Pages 285-298
Inuit, Circumpolar Law & Politics, Resource Development....Pages 299-305
Conclusions of the Chair....Pages 307-310
Back Matter....Pages 311-374

✦ Subjects

International Environmental Law; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice; Climate Change