Who Rules the Waves? - Piracy, Overfishing and Mining the Oceans

Informationen zum Autor Denise Russell is a Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Wollongong, Australia. She is the author of Who Rules the Waves?: Piracy, Overfishing and Mining the Oceans (Pluto, 2010). She holds a Ph.D in Philosophy and a Masters in Earth and Environmental Science, focusing on marine issues. Klappentext With piracy raging in the Indian Ocean, international disputes over undersea oil and gas, and chronic overfishing, the oceans have rarely been subject to such varied and environmentally damaging conflict outside a world war. In "Who Rules the Waves? "Denise Russell gives us a rare insight into these issues and how they could be resolved.International law states that a coastal country has territorial rights for 12 miles into the sea beyond its coastline, and economic rights for 200 miles, but in practice many countries have virtually no control over their own waters, and there is no international agency powerful enough to settle disputes. Russell provides a thorough examination of the politics of the sea, showing that without a radical change in ocean governance, accelerating climate change and overuse of the sea's resources is likely to have catastrophic effects. Zusammenfassung A valuable interdisciplinary analysis of the politics of the sea that spans key environmental issues such as climate change! overfishing and piracy.

Product details

• Authors: Denise Russell, Russell Denise
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.03.2010
• EAN: 9780745330044
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3004-4
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / Maritime, International Relations, Arctic regions, Shipping law