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Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1. ENGOs, Environmental Problems, International Law, and Politics -- 2. Multilevel Enforcement of International Environmental Law -- 3. Regional International Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Bodies -- 4. Universal International Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Bodies -- 5. Conclusions and Theses -- Appendix: Synthesis Chart -- Bibliography -- Index.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Defense of Earth in a Changing World: An Introduction -- 1 Comprehending the Environment -- 2 Growth of International Concern -- 3 The Road to Stockholm -- 4 The Stockholm Conference -- 5 Post-Stockholm Assessment -- 6 Rio de Janeiro and Agenda 21 -- 7 International Structures for Environmental Policy -- 8 Transnational Regimes and Regional Agreements -- 9 International Commons: Air, Sea, Outer Space -- 10 Sustainability: Population, Resources, Development -- 11 Enhancing the Quality of Life: Natural and Cultural Environments -- 12 Strategies for Global Environmental Protection -- 13 A Changing World Order: Into the Twenty-First Century -- Appendixes A Abbreviations -- B Representative Listing of International Organizations and Programs -- C Events of Significance for Protection of the Biosphere, 1945-1995 -- D Selected Treaties of Environmental Significance, 1946-1995 -- E Environmental Soft Law: Declarations, Resolutions, Recommendations, Principles -- Notes and References -- Index to Topics and Institutions -- Index to Authors

Should deep seabed mining (DSM) stop or proceed? The international community is now facing a difficult choice. No matter what decision is made, environmental consideration is the core of the issue. This book tackles the compelling question of how to secure the marine environmental protection in DSM from an international law perspective. It deals with two major research questions: What are the international environmental requirements of participants - the contractor, the sponsoring State and the International Seabed Authority (ISA)? What are the legal consequences for them when environmental damage occurs? In doing so, it analyses the international DSM legal regime and general international environmental principles, observes the functioning of the ISA, and draws on law and practice of various environmental treaty mechanisms. The examination reveals the potential practical difficulties as well as fundamental obstacles in the application of international environmental rules and principles in the specific context of DSM

Should deep seabed mining (DSM) stop or proceed? The international community is now facing a difficult choice. No matter what decision is made, environmental consideration is the core of the issue. This book tackles the compelling question of how to secure the marine environmental protection in DSM from an international law perspective. It deals with two major research questions: What are the international environmental requirements of participants - the contractor, the sponsoring State and the International Seabed Authority (ISA)? What are the legal consequences for them when environmental damage occurs? In doing so, it analyses the international DSM legal regime and general international environmental principles, observes the functioning of the ISA, and draws on law and practice of various environmental treaty mechanisms. The examination reveals the potential practical difficulties as well as fundamental obstacles in the application of international environmental rules and principles in the specific context of DSM.