Open AccessImplementation of Existing International Legal Instruments for Conservation and Sustainable Uses of Marine Biodiversity in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction: A Case Study of the OSPAR Convention
Author(s) -
Lindsay Ryan Valerio
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
revista catalana de dret ambiental
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2014-038X
DOI - 10.17345/rcda1290
Subject(s) - jurisdiction , marine protected area , marine biodiversity , commit , united nations convention on the law of the sea , biodiversity , convention , environmental resource management , international waters , marine conservation , environmental planning , government (linguistics) , business , environmental protection , environmental science , political science , law , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , database , habitat , computer science , biology
The states of the world face the new challenge of attempting to prevent the global loss of marine biodiversity by protecting the 64% of the surface area of the oceans that lies beyond national jurisdiction. With this aim, various regional agreements have been negotiated to commit states to set up representative networks of marine protected areas (MPAs). The aim of this note is to explain how it was possible to designate six MPAs in the high sea under the OSPAR Convention and some of the challenges this process raised.