Environmental Governance Of The Baltic Sea

Author : Michael Gilek,Mikael Karlsson,Sebastian Linke,Katarzyna Smolarz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319270067

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Environmental Governance of the Baltic Sea by Michael Gilek,Mikael Karlsson,Sebastian Linke,Katarzyna Smolarz Pdf

This edited volume presents a comprehensive and coherent interdisciplinary analysis of challenges and possibilities for sustainable governance of the Baltic Sea ecosystem by combining knowledge and approaches from natural and social sciences. Focusing on the Ecosystem Approach to Management (EAM) and associated multi-level, multi-sector and multi-actor challenges, the book provides up-to-date descriptions and analyses of environmental governance structures and processes at the macro-regional Baltic Sea level. Organised in two parts, Part 1 presents in-depth case studies of environmental governance practices and challenges linked to five key environmental problems - eutrophication, chemical pollution, overfishing, oil discharges and invasive species. Part 2 analyses and compares governance challenges and opportunities across the five case studies, focusing on governance structures and EAM implementation, knowledge integration and science support, as well as stakeholder communication and participation. Based on these cross-case comparisons, this book also draws a set of general conclusions on possible ways of improving the governance of the Baltic Sea by promoting what are identified as vital functions of environmental governance: coordination, integration, interdisciplinarity, precaution, deliberation, communication and adaptability.

Author : Marko Joas,Detlef Jahn,Kristine Kern
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781849771498

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Governing a Common Sea by Marko Joas,Detlef Jahn,Kristine Kern Pdf

�This is a very welcome volume, and it will reach a large audience and readership among those involved in these issues from a truly multidisciplinary perspective; in essence, a much needed book!�Erik Bonsdorff, professor of marine biology at �bo Akademi University, Finland�This timely volume provides a thorough account of how the highly advanced industrial societies seek to govern and manage the Baltic Sea. The way they proceed, and the degree to which they succeed, provide valuable lessons for riparian states seeking to avoid tragedies of their commons.�Lennart J. Lundqvist, professor of environmental policy and administration, University of Gothenburg, SwedenHow is a natural common pool resource such as a sea, which is shared by several countries, best governed? The potential for international conflict is immense, as each country may have different agendas with regard to issues such as exploitation and environmental protection.This book uses a case study of the Baltic Sea Region to examine this complex problem. The sea itself has been highly vulnerable to pollution and recently the bordering nations have begun to change their mode of cooperation to tackle this issue by establishing several new forums to manage the sea. Administrative and political structures developed in the region are reviewed and shown to provide a model that could be applied to other seas and natural resource systems elsewhere in the world.

Author : Sara Söderström
Publisher : Linköping University Electronic Press
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789176856062

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Regional Environmental Governance and Avenues for the Ecosystem Approach to management in the Baltic Sea Area by Sara Söderström Pdf

This thesis explores the avenues for the ecosystem approach to management in the Baltic Sea Region. This region is one of the most contaminated water bodies in the world, although the first Regional Seas Convention was created here and theregion has a long history of cooperation and environmental protection. The current environmental governance arrangements are examined with specific focuson governance structures, cross-sectoral integration and ecological boundaries.The ecosystem approach to management as both a tool and vision of holistic management of natural resources is traced through the evolution of environmental governance, as well as its manifestation in contemporary environmental policies in the region. It is found that the major EU directives, as well as HELCOM polices, promote the ecosystem approach and that its presence has increased inrecent years; it is now the major guiding principle in European marine governance. However, the governance structures impede implementation indifferent ways. The environmental problem areas in the region all require different governance arrangements, thus obstructing a holistic approach. The environmental problems per se also affect each other, necessitating far-reaching sectoral integration and cross-border cooperation, which at present is the major obstacle regarding implementation. The contemporary trends combining solid regionalisation through HELCOM with increased Europeanisation and macro regionalisation by different EU initiatives offer some promise, but the cross sectoral impediments must be resolved if the ecosystem approach is to become apractical approach and not just a policy principle.

Author : Joseph F. DiMento,Alexis Jaclyn Hickman
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781781006153

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Environmental Governance of the Great Seas by Joseph F. DiMento,Alexis Jaclyn Hickman Pdf

The great seas contain immense resources and provide invaluable services to humankind, yet their environmental conditions are threatened worldwide. the authors of this comprehensive study provide a rich assessment of the seas and the efficacy of the initiatives governing them, as well as suggestions for improving governance and protection. Case studies of the Baltic, Mediterranean, Black, Caribbean and East Asian seas illustrate the varying degrees of policy success, failure and promise. the authors address the specific roles of the Law of the Sea and the United Nations Regional Seas Programme and discuss the importance of better information exchange between scientists and policymakers, increased funding, greater participation, and new and more effective laws. National, regional and international initiatives are conceptualized as clusters, and their success evaluated using data on the physical conditions of the seas, the law and policy adopted, and international cooperation. the interdisciplinary, insightful treatment of this complex issue will be of great interest to policymakers, students and scholars in the fields of law and policy as well as marine and environmental sciences.

Author : Norichika Kanie,Steinar Andresen,Peter M. Haas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135069346

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Improving Global Environmental Governance by Norichika Kanie,Steinar Andresen,Peter M. Haas Pdf

The experience of environmental governance is approached in Improving Global Environmental Governance from the unique perspective of actor configuration and embedded networks of actors, which are areas of emerging importance. The chapters look at existing Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and the broader constellation of partially networked institutions to better understand the involvement of individual actors and how to deepen the networks that include them to generate more effective governance. The book covers a wide range of issued pertaining to environmental governance including trans-boundary air pollution, marine pollution, biodiversity and ozone depletion. It also examines partnerships as a hybrid case of emerging modes of environmental governance. These partnerships are a recent form of actor configuration that warrant attention for dealing with global environmental threats in order to better understand the full potential of actor configurations in the absence of state involvement. In order to test applicability to on-going but stalled processes, the book applies the approach to one of the most difficult issues we face: climate change. By addressing key questions in this important area, the book provides new perspectives in the nexus between agency and architecture in environmental governance in the twenty-first century.

Author : Lars Rydén,Pawel Migula,Magnus Andersson
Publisher : Baltic University Press
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Baltic Sea Region
ISBN : 9789197001700

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Environmental science : understanding, protecting, and managing the environment in the Baltic Sea region by Lars Rydén,Pawel Migula,Magnus Andersson Pdf

Author : Henrik Ringbom
Publisher : Springer
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783319750705

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Regulatory Gaps in Baltic Sea Governance by Henrik Ringbom Pdf

The focus of this publication is the uniqueness of the Baltic Sea from a legal perspective, and the regulatory voids that result from the multiple layers of regulation this area is subjected to: up to six layers of regulation (general international law, regional conventions, EU law, national laws, local and municipal rules plus a whole range of non-binding norms and other 'soft law' arrangements) act in parallel. However, a large number of rules or regulatory layers does not in itself ensure effectiveness or consistency. When the regulatory landscape is approached from the point of view of individual substantive topics, it is apparent that the norms of different regulatory layers entail both overlaps, gaps and uncertainties, differently for each topic. This publication addresses a selection of topics that are decidedly international in nature, but for which current international and EU rules include important gaps or uncertainties. In addition to presenting a set of legal analyses of topical issues for the region, which in itself is a meritorious objective in view of the relative scarcity of legal studies with a focus on the Baltic Sea, the publication also seeks to analyze the regulatory 'anatomy' of the selected issues in more detail. Through the legal analyses the chapters explore how regulatory gaps are formed, how they are filled, how the rules of the different layers work together and interact with each other in the selected areas. Accordingly, the secondary ambition is to explore, through the chapters, whether more general conclusions can be drawn about the nature of the regulatory gaps and multi-layerism in order to produce a better understanding of how regulations on multiple levels operate in practice.

Author : Lee A. Kimball
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Nature
ISBN : 2831706173

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International Ocean Governance by Lee A. Kimball Pdf

Author : Anathea Brooks,Stacy D. VanDeveer
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015041060586

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Saving the Seas by Anathea Brooks,Stacy D. VanDeveer Pdf

Precisely how coastal seas are valued - and how one might presume to "save" them - depends on one's cultural context and conceptual framework. As philosopher Mark Sagoff points out in the opening chapter, a simple cost-benefit analysis might well suggest that coastal seas are most valuable if used as sewers. Yet this answer does not satisfy most of us. Why? Why are we impelled to "save the seas"?

Author : Robert C. Beckman,Millicent McCreath,J. Ashley Roach,Zhen Sun
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004373303

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High Seas Governance by Robert C. Beckman,Millicent McCreath,J. Ashley Roach,Zhen Sun Pdf

High Seas Governance: Gaps and Challenges discusses and presents solutions to identified gaps in the legal regime governing the high seas, including the protection of sensitive marine areas, marine pollution, conservation of marine living resources, and activities by non-state actors.

Author : HENRIK RINGBOM TIMO KOIVUROVA (PIRJO KLEEMOLA-JUN.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-23
Category : Baltic Sea
ISBN : 3643852924

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The Baltic Sea and the Law of the Sea by HENRIK RINGBOM TIMO KOIVUROVA (PIRJO KLEEMOLA-JUN.) Pdf

The Baltic Sea is unique with regard to its geography, climate and environment. Its uniqueness is also reflected in policy and governance. The book examines the regulation of the Baltic Sea from different perspectives, including navigation, the protection of the marine environment, fisheries, marine scientific research and future challenges for the law of the sea in the Baltic Sea. The book thus also represents a maritime case study of how international, European and national laws interact in the Baltic Sea Region.

Author : Helmut Breitmeier
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351886840

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The Legitimacy of International Regimes by Helmut Breitmeier Pdf

How legitimate are outcomes, outputs and impacts of global environmental regimes? Can non-state actors contribute to improve the output- and input-oriented legitimacy of global environmental governance? Helmut Breitmeier responds to these questions, balancing the volume with both theoretical and empirical chapters. The theoretical and conceptual chapters illustrate the relevance and meaning of legitimacy as well as the impact of non-state actors on environmental governance. They also describe various methodological issues involved with the coding of 23 environmental regimes. The empirical chapters are based on the findings of the International Regimes Database (IRD). They explore whether problem-solving in international regimes is effective and equitable and the influence of a regime's contribution to how states comply with international norms. These chapters also analyze whether non-state actors can improve the output- and input-oriented legitimacy of global governance systems.

Author : Peter B. Payoyo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Marine resources
ISBN : UCBK:C072697556

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Ocean Governance by Peter B. Payoyo Pdf

Author : Allan Rosas,Henrik Ringbom
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509956265

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The EU and the Baltic Sea Area by Allan Rosas,Henrik Ringbom Pdf

This book explores the role of the European Union (EU) in the cooperation and regulation of the Baltic Sea Region (BSR), from both an institutional and substantive perspective. It particularly focuses on the role of the Union in advancing the broader marine governance framework in the region. Questions investigated include: in what way does the Union participate in, or otherwise influence, the activities of States, international organisations and other actors involved in BSR cooperation and regulation, and what is the importance and substantive outcome of the Union's specific role in this respect? How has the membership of eight out of nine Baltic Sea coastal States in the EU affected cooperation in the region, in terms of substance as well as procedure, and what is the influence of the BSR over the EU? These questions are discussed from different perspectives by leading experts in both the fields of EU law and the law of the BSR.

Author : Evald Ojaveer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319530109

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Ecosystems and Living Resources of the Baltic Sea by Evald Ojaveer Pdf

This volume presents a reconstruction of the formation of the environmental conditions and biota in the present-day Baltic Sea area during the last glacial cycle and thereafter under the influence of extra-terrestrial, climatic and geological factors. Abiotic conditions in the contemporary Baltic Sea (water salinity, temperature, oxygen and light conditions, currents and other water movements) are characterized and in this background the natural regional system of the sea has been generated. Important issues are considered such as life forms in the Baltic and their dependence on the natural environment (both in the conditions of the relative stable environment and during the regime shifts), as well as anthropogenic influences and the basic differences between the areas of the World Ocean and the brackish Baltic Sea. This book also equips readers with basic principles of assessments and management of ecosystems and fish resources (including the long-term assessment and forecast on ecosystems and fish resources) and provides information on the structures of international collaboration developed in the Baltic Sea.