Research fellow Arron N Honniball presented a co-authored draft paper, ‘The Next Bastion in Combating IUU Fishing: The Role of Nationality Jurisdiction in CCAMLR & Beyond’, at the 12th Polar Law Symposium held at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (Hobart, Australia).
UNDERSTANDING THE SCIENCE AND GOVERNANCE OF POLLUTION FROM MARINE PLASTICS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA [For prior and future CIL-led work by NUS on this topic, see https://cil.nus.edu.sg/publication/a-review-of-research-on-marine-plastics-in-southeast-asia-who-does-what/] SEA of Solutions, 11-14 Nov 2019 – United Nations Headquarters, Bangkok, Thailand: http://sos2019.sea-circular.org/ Session 1 State of the Science: How does scientific research support action to combat marine plastics …
Senior Research Fellow Vu Hai Dang participated in the workshop by China-Southeast Asia Research Center (CSARC) on Regional Cooperation on Marine Environmental Protection in the South China Sea in Bali, Indonesia. Dr Vu Hai Dang presented on sensitive and protected marine areas under international law and the value of MPA network in the South China …
Evolution of the marine protected area discourse into an area-based management tool may provide an avenue for a more progressive approach to protection of the Spratly seamounts. A first step could be the recognition of the Spratlys as an ecologically or biologically significant area (EBSA) under the Convention on Biological Diversity. This purely scientific recognition …
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[For prior and future CIL-led work by NUS on this topic, see https://cil.nus.edu.sg/publication/a-review-of-research-on-marine-plastics-in-southeast-asia-who-does-what/] SEA of Solutions, 11–14 Nov 2019—United Nations Headquarters, Bangkok, Thailand: http://sos2019.sea-circular.org/ Session 1 State of the Science: How does scientific research support action to combat marine plastics in South East Asia? http://sos2019.sea-circular.org/parallel-session-1-state-of-the-science-how-does-scientific-research-support-action-to-combat-marine-plastics-in-south-east-asia/ Discussion of the methodology, scientific findings and policy recommendations of …
Senior Research Fellow Vu Hai Dang took part in the Third Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Expert Group on Marine Litter and Microplastics in Bangkok, Thailand, on 18–22 November 2019. The meeting was organised by United Nations Environment Programme, and the agenda was the implementation of the Resolution 4/6 of the 4th United Nations …
CIL co-sponsored the International Conference on Legal, Scientific and Economic Aspects of Deep Seabed Mining held in Kingston, Jamaica from 14 to 16 November 2019. The conference was co-organised by the International Seabed Authority and the Center for Ocean Law and Policy (University of Virginia School of Law) and co-sponsored by Institute for China America …
Robert Beckman participated in the 11th South China Sea International Conference on Cooperation for Regional Security and Development, on 6–7 November 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam. The main organiser was the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. Associate Professor Beckman was a discussant in the Special Session on the 25th Anniversary of the 1982 UN Convention on the …
Senior Research Fellow Youna Lyons was invited to speak at the 2nd ASEAN Regional Forum Workshop on Implementing UNCLOS and Other International Instruments to Address Emerging Maritime Issues in Hanoi on 13–14 November 2019. She gave two presentations during the session on degradation of the marine environment and impacts on sustainable management and conservation of …
The most important of Tommy Koh’s writings on the Law of the Sea are brought together in Building a New Legal Order for the Oceans. As the president of the third United Nations Conference on the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), he shares his unique perspective on the UNCLOS negotiation process, …
