Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
11-2018
Abstract
This paper examines how the EU can best use its powers to establish marine protected areas (MPAs) in Antarctica. It first discusses the EU’s role in Antarctic governance and legal basis for the EU’s actions, with particular focus on the pending Joined Cases C-625/15 and C-659/16 at the Court of Justice of the European Union. Secondly, the paper analyses the negotiation process of the EU’s MPA proposals in the Southern Ocean within the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. Thirdly, it provides suggestions regarding the EU’s potential actions that might help achieve proposed Antarctic MPAs.
Keywords
European Union (EU), Marine protected areas, Antarctica, China, Southern Ocean
Discipline
Biodiversity | Environmental Law
Publication
International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics
Volume
18
Issue
6
First Page
861
Last Page
874
ISSN
1567-9764
Identifier
10.1007/s10784-018-9419-8
Publisher
Springer
Citation
LIU, Nengye.
The European Union and the establishment of marine protected areas in Antarctica. (2018). International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics. 18, (6), 861-874.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4141
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10784-018-9419-8