International Environmental Obligations And Liabilities In Deep Seabed Mining

"This book is valuable for those interested in tackling the complex legal issue of environmental protection in deep seabed mining by employing knowledge in fields of the law of the sea, international environmental law, international institutional law, and the law of State responsibility and international liability"--

In The International Seabed Authority and the Precautionary Principle, Aline L. Jaeckel offers an insightful analysis of the work of the International Seabed Authority and examines whether the Authority is implementing the precautionary principle in regulating and managing deep seabed minerals.

In Responsibility to Ensure: Sponsoring States’ Environmental Legislation for Deep Seabed Mining and China’s Practice, Xiangxin Xu examines how and to what extent the sponsoring State implements its primary responsibility by enacting national legislation, taking China’s legislation as an example.

Clarifies legal requirements for environmental protection in deep seabed mining and the legal consequences when environmental damage occurs.

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.

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"Deep-sea mining is a rapidly developing industry. New states, stakeholders and industries are constantly joining the technical race to realise exploitation, given the vast mineral wealth located on the ocean floor. At the same time, States are working hard on developing international, regional and domestic regulations, able to satisfy the technical and environmental challenges posed by deep sea mining"--