Search results for: “protection of marine conservation”

  • Protocol on Environmental Protection 2

    Protocol on Environmental Protection   ARTICLE 6 CO-OPERATION 1. The Parties shall co-operate in the planning and conduct of activities in The Antarctic Treaty area. To this end, each Party shall endeavour to: (a) promote co-operative programmes of scientific, technical and educational value, concerning the protection of the Antarctic environment and dependent and associated ecosystems;…

  • Development and Transfer of Marine Technology

    Development and Transfer of Marine Technology   PART XIV DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER OF MARINE TECHNOLOGY SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 266 Promotion of the development and transfer of marine technology 1. States, directly or through competent International Organizations , shall cooperate in accordance with their capabilities to promote actively the development and transfer of marine…

  • Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area 3

    Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area   Article 15 Nature conservation and biodiversitv The Contracting Parties shall individually and jointly take all appropriate measures with respect to the Baltic Sea Area and its coastal ecosystems influenced by the Baltic Sea to conserve natural habitats and biological diversity and…

  • Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses

    Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses   Article 1 DEFINITIONS For the purposes of this Convention, 1. “Transboundary waters”means any surface or ground waters which mark, cross or are located on boundaries between two or more States; wherever transboundary waters flow directly into the sea, these transboundary waters end at a straight…

  • Regional Convention for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment

    Regional Convention for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment   Article I DEFINITIONS For the purposes of this Convention and its Protocols, the following terms and expressions have the meanings indicated below, except when otherwise inferred from the text: 1. “Conservation”of the marine environment of the Red Sea and Gulf…

  • Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area

    Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area   Article I Scope, Definitions and Interpretation 1. a) The geographic scope of this Agreement, hereinafter referred to as the “Agreement area”, is constituted by all the maritime waters of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean and their gulfs…

  • Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine and Living Resources

    Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine and Living Resources   Article I 1. This Convention applies to the Antarctic marine living resources of the area south of 60 degrees South latitude and to the Antarctic marine living resources of the area between that latitude and the Antarctic Convergence which form part of the Antarctic…

  • International law: Culture protection

    International law: Culture protection Table of Contents: Introduction Background Resources Other Resource Guides Background Websites Major Treatises Symposia Bibliographies Journals Dedicates to Cultural Property Law and Art Law Journal Indexes News Sources Legal Instruments International Legal Conventions European Legal Documents Regional Treaties Bilateral/Multilateral Treaties National Legal Documents Efforts to Protect Cultural Property International/Regional Conferences/Organizations/Agencies Responses…

  • Marine and Coastal conventions

    Marine and Coastal international conventions Marine and Coastal multilateral conventions Convention between the United States, Great Britain, Russia and Japan for the Preservation and Protection of Fur Seals (7 July 1911) (no longer in force) International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (2 Dec 1946); Protocol of Amendment (1956) Convention for the Establishment of an…

  • Atlantic Ocean

    Resources See Also International Public Law Customary International Law Conventional International Law International Conventions Sources of International Law

  • Atlantic Ocean

    Resources See Also International Public Law Customary International Law Conventional International Law International Conventions Sources of International Law

  • Antarctica

    Official claims to sectors of the ice-covered continent of Antarctica were made by seven States – Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom. A sector was also claimed by Admiral Byrd on behalf of the United States, but the United States never officially […]

  • Antarctica

    Official claims to sectors of the ice-covered continent of Antarctica were made by seven States – Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom. A sector was also claimed by Admiral Byrd on behalf of the United States, but the United States never officially […]

  • Exclusive Economic Zone

    Background By Tatjana Rosen Historical Background The expressions “patrimonial sea”, “economic zone” or “exclusive economic zone” were first used in the early 1970s in regional meetings and organizations in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and […]

  • Exclusive Economic Zone

    Background By Tatjana Rosen Historical Background The expressions “patrimonial sea”, “economic zone” or “exclusive economic zone” were first used in the early 1970s in regional meetings and organizations in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and […]