Overview

The objective of this book is to provide a comprehensive overview of the legal basis, under international law and the relevant regional legal frameworks, for the establishment and further development of area-based conservation tools in the Mediterranean Sea, with a particular emphasis placed on the transboundary area-based conservation instruments available for the Adriatic and Ionian Seas. Specifically, the aim is to identify and analyze the concepts and functioning of both marine protected areas (MPAs), as traditional area-based tools enabling marine habitat and species conservation, and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs), as a more recent addition to the picture. Further, with a view to providing responses to the complex set of challenges raised by the variety of tools and levels of intervention, conclusions and ways forward are provided that identify practical implementation instruments through which a truly transboundary perspective may guide the development of protected marine spaces in the macro-region. An essential consideration in defining the ways forward lies in that the current trend towards the establishment of exclusive economic zones could soon become an incentive towards the adoption of a coherent and coordinated Mediterranean – and Adriatic and Ionian – network of transboundary area-based conservation tools. The book will be of interest to policy makers, practitioners, and academics with an interest in public international law, the law of the sea, and sustainable ocean governance.

Full Product Details

9781032435640

Table of Contents

Reviews

Author Information

Mitja Grbec, Attorney-at-Law in Koper (Slovenia). Visiting Lecturer at the International Maritime Law Institute of the International Maritime Organization (IMO IMLI, Msida, Malta) and Associate Professor at University of Primorska, Faculty of Management (Koper, Slovenia). Secretary-General of the Maritime Law Association of Slovenia and Titulary Member of the Comité Maritime International. Tullio Scovazzi, Professor of international law (now retired) in the Universities of Parma, Genoa, Milan, and Milano-Bicocca (Italy). Associate Member of the Institut de droit international. Ilaria Tani, Attorney-at-Law in Milan (Italy). Adjunct Professor of international law of the sea and maritime law at University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy). Former Associate Legal Officer at the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations (UNDOALOS, New York, United States).

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available