The Law of the Seabed

Access, Uses, and Protection of Seabed Resources
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-39155-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 90, 616 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 1021 g

Reihe: Publications on Ocean Development

The Law of the Seabed reviews the most pressing legal questions raised by the use and protection of natural resources on and underneath the world’s seabeds.

While barely accessible, the seabed plays a major role in the Earth’s ecological balance. It is both a medium and a resource, and is central to the blue economy. New uses and new knowledge about seabed ecosystems, and the risks of disputes due to competing interests, urge reflection on which regulatory approaches to pursue.

The regulation of ocean activities is essentially sector-based, and the book puts in parallel the international and national regimes for seabed mining, oil and gas, energy generation, bottom fisheries, marine genetic resources, carbon sequestration and maritime security operations, both within and beyond the national jurisdiction.

The book contains seven parts respectively addressing the definition of the seabed from a multidisciplinary perspective, the principles of jurisdiction delimitation under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the regimes for use of non-living, living and marine biodiversity resources, the role of state and non-state actors, the laying and removal of installations, the principles for sustainable and equitable use (common heritage of mankind, precaution, benefit sharing), and management tools to ensure coexistence between activities as well as the protection of the marine environment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Banet, Catherine

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales See-, Luft- und Weltraumrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Rolf Einar Fife

List of Illustrations

List of Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

Introduction: The Law of the Seabed

Catherine Banet

part 1: Defining the Seabed

1 Characterizing the Seabed: a Geoscience Perspective

Alvar Braathen and Harald Brekke

2 Deep-Sea Ecosystems: Biodiversity and Anthropogenic Impacts

Eva Ramirez-Llodra

3 A Short Human History of the Ocean Floor

Håkon With Andersen

part 2: Delimitation of Jurisdiction Over the Seabed and Right to Its Resources

4 Setting Maritime Limits and Boundaries: Experiences from Norway

Harald Brekke

5 The Seabed in the High North – How to Address Conflicts?

Alexander S. Skaridov

6 Current Human Impact on Antarctic Seabed Environment and International Law

Y.E. Brazovskaya and G.F. Ruchkina

part 3: Exploitation of Non-Living Resources from the Seabed beyond National Jurisdiction

7 Commercial Mining Activities in the Deep Seabed beyond National Jurisdiction: the International Legal Framework

Joanna Dingwall

8 Framework Legislation for Commercial Activities in the Area

Erik Røsæg

9 Maritime Security and Deep Seabed beyond National Jurisdiction

Edwin Egede

part 4: Exploitation of Marine Biodiversity and Living Resources on the Seabed beyond National Jurisdiction

10 The Rights to Genetic Resources beyond National Jurisdiction: Challenges for the Ongoing Negotiations at the United Nations

Tullio Scovazzi

11 Marine Genetic Resources: a Practical Legal Approach to Stimulate Research, Conservation and Benefit Sharing

Morten Walløe Tvedt

12 Deep-Sea Bottom Fisheries and the Protection of Seabed Ecosystems: Problems, Progress and Prospects

Richard Caddell

part 5: Principles Applicable to Sovereign States When Exploiting Seabed Resources within National Jurisdiction

13 Review of National Legislations Applicable to Seabed Mineral Resources Exploitation

Saul Roux and Catherine Horsfield

14 European Union Law and the Seabed

Finn Arnesen, Rosa Greaves, and Alla Pozdnakova

15 China’s Domestic Law on the Exploration and Development of Resources in Deep Seabed Areas

Chelsea Zhaoxi Chen

16 Implementation of Article 82 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: the Challenge for Canada

Aldo Chircop

part 6: Building, Operating and Removing Installations on and under the Seabed

17 The Use of Sub-Seabed Transboundary Geological Formations for the Disposal of Carbon Dioxide

Nigel Bankes

18 Decommissioning of Offshore Installations: a Fragmented and Ineffective International Regulatory Framework

Seline Trevisanut

19 Re-using (Nearly) Depleted Oil and Gas Fields in the North Sea for CO2 Storage: Seizing or Missing a Window of Opportunity?

Martha M. Roggenkamp

20 International Investment Law and the Regulation of the Seabed

James Harrison

21 Navigating Legal Barriers to Mortgaging Energy Installations at Sea – the Case of the North Sea and the Netherlands

Jaap J.A. Waverijn

part 7: Conflicting Uses or Coexistence, Resolving Mechanisms and Protection Regimes: Towards a More Integrated Approach

22 Crossing the Sectoral Divide: Modern Environmental Law Tools for Addressing Conflicting Uses on the Seabed

Rosemary Rayfuse

23 Commercial Arrangements and Liability for Crossing Pipelines, Power Cables and Telecom Cables (Connectors) on the Seabed

Lars Olav Askheim

24 Balancing Competing Interests When Building Marine Energy Infrastructures: the Case of the Nord Stream Pipelines

David Langlet

25 Liability and Compensation for Activities in the Area

Kristoffer Svendsen

Über Autor(innen)

Catherine Banet, Ph.D (2012), is an Associate Professor at the University of Oslo, Faculty of Law, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Department of Petroleum and Energy Law, Norway.