Changes in the Arctic Environment and the Law of the Sea Author Nordquist M.H., Moore J.N., Heidar T.H. Date 2010 Source IUCN (ID: MON-086127) Publisher | Place of publication Martinus Nijhoff Publishers | Leiden, Netherlands ISBN 978-90-04-17756-7 Pages 594 p. Document type Monography/book Language English Field of application International Subject Environment gen. Keyword Marine resources management Geographical area Arctic Abstract Panel I: Overview of Changes in the Arctic Environment and the Law of the Sea; The UNCLOS Negotiations on Ice-Covered Areas; Cooperation or Conflict in the Arctic; National Maritime Claims in the Arctic - Panel II: Scientific Background Sea Floor Mapping and Exploration in a Changing Arctic Sea Ice Environment; Changes in the Arctic Environment; A Network of Marine Protected Areas in the Arctic: Promises and Challenges; Comments and Q & A for Panels I & II - Panel III: Arctic Marine Transport RADM; The Arctic Councils Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment; International Arctic Shipping: Towards Strategic Scaling-Up of Marine Environment Protection; Arctic Marine Transport: Navigation Issues - Panel IV: Northwest Passage, Northern Sea Route and Trans-polar Route The Northwest Passage: International Law, Politics and Cooperation; Arctic Strategy and Military Security; Northern Sea Route: Legal Issues and Current Transportation Practice; Comments and Q & A for Panels III & IV - Panel V: New Challenges: Arctic Marine Environment & Biodiversity Ensuring the Protection of Arctic Marine Biodiversity in the Face of Climate Change; Has International Law Failed the Polar Bear?; New Roles for the US Coast Guard [PowerPoint only]; The Need for Ecosystem-Based Management of the Arctic - Panel VI: Arctic Living Resources Considering Future Arctic Fisheries; Issues in Arctic Fisheries Governance: A Canadian Perspective; A Perspective from an Alaskan Native; Comments and Q & A for Panels V & VI - Panel VII: Continental Shelf Limits and Jurisdiction US Continental Shelf Policy; Danish Interests in the Arctic; Russian Policy on the Arctic Continental Shelf; Complications in Delimiting the Outer Continental Shelf - Panel VIII: Arctic Offshore Oil and Gas Resources Russias Polar Oil and Gas Potential Private Oil and Gas Development in the Arctic Ocean; US Geological Survey Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal; Comments and Q & A for Panels VII & VIII Panel IX: Spitsbergen (Svalbard) The Disputed Maritime Zones Around Svalbard Website www.brill.nl