FYI, for those of you that are following negotiations for a regime to protect biodiversity in high seas areas under UNCLOS, please see the excellent summary of the status of negotiations by Cymie Payne at Rutgers. wil
[photo] Dr. Wil Burns Co-Executive Director, Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment, School of International Service, American University 650.281.9126<tel:650.281.9126> | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> | http://www.ceassessment.org<http://www.ceassessment.org/> | Skype: wil.burns<https://webapp.wisestamp.com/sig_iframe?origin=outlook&signature_id=4628507532722176&t=0.7800051230821168> | 2650 Haste St., Towle Hall #G07, Berkeley, CA 94720| View my research on my SSRN Author page: http://ssrn.com/author=240348 [https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.wisestamp.com/icons_32/linkedin.png]<http://www.linkedin.com/in/drburns/> [https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.wisestamp.com/icons_32/twitter.png] <http://twitter.com/wil_burns> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cymie Payne Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2017 1:13 PM To: envlawprofessors <[email protected]> Subject: [Envlawprofessors - UOregon] Promise for a new high seas biodiversity treaty This Fall, the UN General Assembly will be asked to begin negotiations on a new treaty implementing the Law of the Sea Convention (but open to states like the US that haven't become parties to UNCLOS) that will have the aim of conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in the high seas. ASIL Insights just published my overview of the preparatory committee meetings leading up to the General Assembly resolution and the content of the negotiating mandate that you might find useful if you'd like to cover this in class. It's at: https://www.asil.org/insights/volume/21/issue/9/biodiversity-high-seas-areas-integrated-legal-approach All the best, Cymie Cymie R. Payne Associate Professor Rutgers University www.cymiepayne.org<http://www.cymiepayne.org> You can access my papers on SSRN at: http://ssrn.com/author=877338<http://ssrn.com/author=877338%20> Rutgers Climate Institute<http://climatechange.rutgers.edu/> Twitter @CymiePayne -- 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.
