Marine Conservation and International Law : Legal Instruments for Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (Hardcover)

Introduction 1. The promise and limits of international legal protection of BBNJ 2. The Grotian tradition and its place in the BBNJ negotiations: Is it a case of history repeating itself? 3. A principled backbone: The potential role of modern governance principles and approaches in an ILBI 4. A blueprint for Blue Gold: The search for planks of compromise in an ILBI 5. Caught in a geopolitical undertow: Marine protected areas beyond national jurisdiction 6. Environmental impact assessments: Devising a recipe for environmentally sustainable decision-making under an ILBI 7. Time to wake the Sleeping Giant: Implementing capacity-building and marine technology transfer in an ILBI 8. A bridge to the future protection of BBNJ