International Environmental Law and the Conservation of Coral Reefs

• Main Author: Goodwin, Edward J.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2011; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Research in International Environmental Law
• Subjects: Conservation - Environment Studies; Coral reef conservation; Coral reef conservation - Law and legislation; Ecology - Environment Studies; Environmental Law - Environmental Studies; Environmental Law - Law; Environmental law, International; Environmental Politics; International Law - Law; Public International Law; International Environmental Law; Vessel Source Pollution; marine; cation; Sea Water; World Heritage List; world; protected; ramsar; Ocean Acidifi Cation; Marine Protected Areas; Coral Reef Sites; Outstanding Universal; Land Based Sources; Coral Reef Ecosystems; Coral Reef Conservation; Great Barrier Reef; convention; area; Cold Water Coral Reefs; Cold Water Coral; Coral Reef States; Protected Areas; acidifi; International Coral Reef Initiative; Great Barrier Reef Marine Park; ICJ; World Heritage Committee; Ramsar List; ocean; ecosystems; Coral Reef Species; World Heritage; Ramsar Convention; Coral Reef
• ISBN: 9780415859585; 0415489806; 9780415489805; 0415859581
• DOI: 10.4324/9780203816882

Tropical coral reefs are important ecosystems. They are economically important to coastal communities living in predominantly developing countries, and also provide shoreline protection, catalyse land formation enabling human habitation, act as a carbon sink and are a repository for genetic and species diversity rivalling rainforests. In the face of mounting man-made pressure from pollution, climate change and over-exploitation, these ecosystems increasingly need action to be taken to ensure their conservation and long term sustainable development. International Environmental Law and the Conservation of Coral Reefs breaks new ground by providing the first in-depth account of the ways in which multilateral environmental treaty regimes are seeking to encourage and improve the conservation of tropical coral reef ecosystems. In so doing, the work aims to raise the profile of such activities in order to reinforce their status on the environmental agenda. The book also has wider implications for international environmental law, arguing that sectorial legal action, provided it remains co-ordinated through a global forum that recognises and reflects the inter-connections between all elements of the natural environment, is the most effective way for international law to enhance the conservation of certain habitats. This book will be invaluable to environmental lawyers, legal researchers, marine conservationists and other stakeholders in coral reefs.