Hi All, Hope you'll forgive one more call for proposals for ISA 2017. We've got 2 papers on areas beyond national jurisdiction, one on mining, the other on biodiversity. We're looking for 3 more to fill out the panel. As you can see from the preliminary abstract below, we're open to a number of perspectives, including a focus on polar regions. We're aiming for ESS/conference theme. If interested, please send me an abstract.
best, dgwebster Economic growth, increasing demand for resources, and technological advances are increasing pressures on areas outside of national jurisdiction (ABNJs), such as the high seas, “the Area” and Antarctica. For instance, the number of requests for permits to mine in “the Area”—the seabed beyond national jurisdiction—have shot up in recent years as the practice seems not only technologically but also economically feasible given high prices for rare earths and other minerals. Bioprospectors are also looking to the extraordinary creatures of the deep for new chemical compounds and other materials. These new industries are compounding pressures on marine wildlife from commercial fishing, climate change, and shipping. Polar regions are also facing greater political contestation as melting ice increases access The international community has taken several new steps to improve governance of ABNJs, including placing biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction on the agenda as an amendment to the UN Law of the Sea. This panel covers the global drivers of change in the deep oceans, how old regimes like the International Seabed Authority are coping with that change, and potential new regimes for areas beyond national jurisdiction. -- D.G. Webster Associate Professor Environmental Studies Program Dartmouth College 6182 Steele Hall Hanover, NH 03755 phone: 603-646-0213 http://sites.dartmouth.edu/websterlab -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
