Changes in the Arctic environment and the law of the sea /

While the Arctic Ocean has long been covered with ice, recent changes in climate have caused the ice to melt, spurring conservation challenges to both the region's environment and biodiversity, as well as new opportunities for navigation and natural resource development. Changes in the Arctic E...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: University of Virginia. Center for Oceans Law and Policy. Conference
Other Authors: Nordquist, Myron H., Heidar, Tomas H., Moore, John Norton, 1937-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2010.
Series:Center for Oceans Law and Policy (Series) ; 14.
Subjects:
Law of the sea > Arctic Ocean > Congresses.
Global warming > Law and legislation > Arctic regions > Congresses.
Climatic changes > Arctic regions > Congresses.
Climat > Changements > Arctique > Congrès.
LAW > Environmental.
Climatic changes
Global warming > Law and legislation
Law of the sea
Arctic Ocean
Arctic Regions
Conference papers and proceedings
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Overview of changes in the Arctic environment and the law of the sea
  • Scientific background
  • Arctic marine transport
  • Northwest Passage, Northern Sea route and trans-polar route
  • New challenges : Arctic marine environment & biodiversity
  • Arctic living resources
  • Continental shelf limits and jurisdiction
  • Arctic offshore oil and gas resources
  • Spitsbergen (Svalbard).

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