“UNCLOS+40”: Governing conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond national jurisdictions

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/2618303Xe038

Keywords:

UNCLOS , marine biodiversity, areas belong national jurisdictions, treaty negotiation

Abstract

Forty years ago the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea was set to be signed, facing -during its final negotiation stages- political changes which affected the international scenario in the 1980s. Since that time the international law of the sea has evolved, but a marine biodiversity conservation and use framework remains to be established in areas other than state jurisdiction. Negotiations to draft a new treaty in such field have moved forward slowly and are nearing their aim; however, the tensions affecting UNCLOS’s abetting into effect four decades ago are coming back into the picture and making the necessary final agreements hard to achieve.

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Author Biography

Javier Leonardo Surasky, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina

Doctor en Relaciones Internacionales (Instituto de Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata). Profesor Adjunto Ordinario de la asignatura “Derecho Internacional Público”, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina.

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Published

2022-12-26

How to Cite

Surasky, J. L. (2022). “UNCLOS+40”: Governing conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond national jurisdictions. Revista Electrónica De Derecho Internacional Contemporáneo, 5(5), 038. https://doi.org/10.24215/2618303Xe038