Binding: Paperback
Description: This book provides readers with a foundation in policy development and analysis describing how policy including legal mechanisms are applied to the marine environment. It presents a systematic treatment of all aspects of marine policy including climate change energy environmental protection fisheries mining and transportation. The health of marine environments worldwide is steadily declining and these trends have been widely reported. Marine Policy summarizes the importance of the ocean governance nexus discussing current and anticipated challenges facing marine ecosystems human activities and efforts to address these threats. This new fully revised edition has been updated throughout including content to reflect the recent advances in ocean management and international law. Chapters on shipping energy/mining and integrated approaches to ocean management have been significantly reworked plus completely new chapters on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the impacts of climate change have been added. Pedagogical features for students are included throughout. Aligned with current course offerings this book is an ideal introduction for undergraduates and graduate students taking marine affairs science and policy courses.
Title: Marine Policy An Introduction To Governance And International Law Of The Oceans
Author(s): Ardron Jeff (Commonwealth Secretariat Uk)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Barcode: 9780815379270
Pages: 322 Pages, 25 Tables, Black And White; 24 Halftones, Black And White; 49 Illustrations, Black And Wh
Publication Date: 6/25/2019
Series: Earthscan Oceans
Category: Aquaculture & Fish-Farming: Practice & Techniques