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The Stockholm Declaration and Law of the Marine Environment /

The Stockholm Declaration and Law of the Marine Environment / edited by Myron H. Nordquist, John Norton Moore, Said Mahmoudi. - 1 online resource. - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 Center for Oceans Law and Policy ; 7 . - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495. Center for Oceans Law and Policy ; 7. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This collection of essays commemorates the Thirtieth Anniversary of the 1972 Stockholm Declaration on the Human Environment. The opening presentation is by the distinguished former Foreign Minister of Sweden, Dr. Hans Blix, a primary author of the Stockholm Declaration. A second keynote abstract is by Professor Bjorn Lomborg, the renowned author of The Skeptical Environmentalist. The third keynote essay is by the United Nations Under Secretary-General of Legal Affairs, Hans Correl. The remainder of the volume includes contributions by six judges from the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority, senior representatives from the Food and Agriculture Organization, International Maritime Organization, World Bank, Swedish Foreign Ministry and United States Department of State along with 25 professors and environmental law experts from 15 countries. The collection provides a comprehensive, in-depth review of the historic achievement as well as current relevance of the 1972 Stockholm Declaration as a landmark achievement in international environmental law.

9789004481589 9789041199409

10.1163/9789004481589 DOI


Environmental law, International--Congresses.
Law of the sea--Congresses.
Marine resources conservation--Law and legislation--Congresses.

KZA1141

341.7