Global Commons and the Law of the Sea.

• Superior document: Maritime cooperation in East Asia ; Volume 5
• Author: Keyuan Zou (Editor)
• TeilnehmendeR: Zou, Keyuan,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, , Boston: : Brill | Nijhoff, , 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Maritime Cooperation in East Asia 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (349 pages).
• Notes: Includes index.
• Other title: Global Commons and the Law of the SeaAn Introduction /; Applying the Principle of the Common Heritage of Mankind --; Applying the Principle of the Common Heritage of MankindAn East Asian Perspective /; The Principle of the Common Heritage of Mankind Can be Applied to Marine Genetic Resources /; Revisiting the Freedoms of High Seas --; U.s. Maritime Claims and Establishment of Marine National Monuments in the Pacific OceanA Preliminary Study of the Question Concerning Possible Encroachment of the Global Commons /; Rethinking High Seas Fishing FreedomsHow High Seas Duties Are Catching Up /; Evolution of Soviet Maritime Navigation Policy and China’s Far Seas Operations /; Deep Sea Mining and International Seabed --; Exploring the Deep Frontier /; Deep Seabed Mining /; The Continental Shelf beyond 200 Nautical Miles and Its Superjacent WatersA Hybrid Legal Regime within and beyond National Jurisdiction /; Abnj Governance --; An Unfinished Agenda /; Areas beyond National Jurisdiction /; The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation and High Seas Fisheries ConservationThe Potential of Private Governance for Managing Public Resources in the Global Commons /; Management of Geoengineering and Generic Resources --; International Governance on Marine Geo-Engineering for Climate Change Mitigation /; The Obligation of Due Diligence in Regulating the Marine Genetic Resources in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction /; New Developments in the Polar Regions --; The Development of the Polar Code and Challenges to Its Implementation /; Protecting the Commons in the Polar South /
• ISBN: 9004373330
• Hierarchical level: Monograph

Global Commons’ refers to resource domains or areas that lie outside of the political reach of any one State, including sea areas beyond national jurisdiction and Antarctica. The concept of ‘global commons’ is a living concept and can accommodate, over time, other commons at the international level, such as biodiversity and generic resources. The situation of global marine commons is not that optimistic in that fishery resources continue to deplete, marine biodiversity continues to reduce, and plastic wastes in the oceans continue to increase. In international law, there are legal regimes governing global marine commons. A most important global treaty is the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC), which came into effect in 1994. It governs the high seas, international seabed and its resources, marine environmental protection, and fisheries. Global Commons and the Law of the Sea offers intellectual discussions on global marine commons. It contains six parts respectively addressing the principle of the common heritage of mankind (CHM), freedoms of high seas, deep sea mining and international seabed, area beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) governance, management of geoengineering and generic resources, and recent developments in the polar regions.