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Changes in the Arctic environment and the law of the sea / edited by Myron H. Nordquist, Tomas H. Heidar, and John Norton Moore

Corporate Author
University of Virginia. Center for Oceans Law and Policy. Conference (33rd : 2009 : Seward, Alaska)
Published
Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2010.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxx, 594 pages) : illustrations, maps
Additional Creators
Nordquist, Myron H., Heidar, Tomas H., and Moore, John Norton, 1937-
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English.
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).
Summary
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 Environment and the Law of the Sea offers policy and legal guidance in response to these new challenges. Synthesizing the presentations of leading experts at the meeting ""Changes in the Arctic Environment and the Law of the Sea"" held in May, 2009 in Seward, Alaska, the topics explored in this volume incl.
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ISBN
9789004187399 (electronic bk.)
9004187391 (electronic bk.)
1282949888
9781282949881
9786612949883
6612949880
9789004177567
9004177566
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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