Identifying new pathways for ocean governance: The role of legal principles in areas beyond national jurisdiction |
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| Institution: | 1. Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS) and Utrecht Center for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law (UCWOSL), Utrecht University, Newtonlaan 201, 3584 BH, Utrecht, the Netherlands;2. STRONG High Seas Project, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Berliner Strasse 130, D-14467, Potsdam, Germany;1. Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Berliner Strasse 130, 14467 Potsdam, Germany;2. Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), 27 rue Saint-Guillaume, 75337 Paris Cedex 07, France;1. Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia;2. School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, David Turpin Building, Room B250, PO Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 3R4;3. Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, 120 Oceanview Blvd, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA;4. Marine Conservation Institute, 4010 Stone Way N, Suite 210, Seattle, WA 98103, USA;5. Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA;6. CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia;7. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia;8. Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Berliner Str. 30, 14467 Potsdam, Germany;9. IUCN Global Marine and Polar Programme and World Commission on Protected Areas, 105 Irving Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;10. The Nature Conservancy, Conservation Science, West End, QLD 4101, Australia;11. Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John''s, NL, Canada A1B 3X9;12. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR 212 EME (IRD/Ifremer/Univ. Montpellier II), Avenue Jean Monnet, 34203 Sète cedex, France;1. Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), 27 rue Saint-Guillaume, 75337 Paris Cedex 07, France;2. Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS), Utrecht University, Achter Sint Pieter 200, 3512HT Utrecht, The Netherlands;3. Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea (JCLOS), University of Tromsø, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway;4. Utrecht, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | This paper seeks to illustrate the role of principles in an emerging regime for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ). While certainly not a standalone solution for a complex issue, principles nonetheless serve an essential function in regime-building, bridging legal and governance processes to identify new ways forward. Given the fundamental questions of international law at hand – the restriction of the freedoms of the high seas, the nature of UNCLOS as a “living instrument” and the need to engage in innovative practice spanning law and governance – it comes as no surprise that discussions on the future of ABNJ have been highly polarized. Principles offer points of convergence to address both the “regulatory gaps” and “implementation gaps” identified and serve the structural needs of both law and governance to produce dynamic change in the protection of marine biodiversity in ABNJ. Through their function as precursors to rules, principles prepare a common space for the emergence of a regime and give it a set of mechanisms through which it can strengthen its connections to the diversity of instruments and institutions involved in addressing a multifaceted problem. A statement of principles to strengthen the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in ABNJ – many of which constitute customary international law – would therefore be a logical and constructive next step in this on-going process. |
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| Keywords: | Areas beyond national jurisdiction UNCLOS Legal principles High seas BBNJ Working Group Biodiversity |
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