Book Description

This thought-provoking book analyzes key principles of sustainable development and their implications for ocean law and policy, including: integration precaution pollution prevention polluter pays public participation community-based management and international equity. The author summarizes participation in global and regional agreements and arrangements for protecting the marine environment and suggests future directions for global, regional and national legal systems. For example, national law reforms include: establishing a coastal zone management framework developing a process for designating and managing marine protected areas adopting a precautionary approach in decision-making recasting the public trust doctrine