In a world facing major environmental crises, radical measures are increasingly called for. As a change in paradigm from our anthropocentric approach to the environment and its resources remains mostly aspirational, non-use measures present themselves as practical regulatory tools to respond to environmental degradation.
This edited volume examines moratoria, bans, no-take or entry zones across regimes regulating global goods and commons. It analyses factors that have contributed to the successful adoption and implementation of non-use measures for resources in the high seas, deep seabed, atmosphere, and Antarctica. It then presents pathways for the development and adoption of further non-use measures in these areas and in outer space, before reflecting on such measures limitations and potential.
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
List of Acronyms
Table of Cases
Table of Treaties and National Legislation
Notes on Contributors
Part 1: Introductory Matters
1 Introduction
Catherine Blanchard and Solène Guggisberg
2 A Conceptual Framework of Non-use and Non-use Measures
Solène Guggisberg
Part 2: The High Seas
3 Interdisciplinary Considerations for Closing the High Seas to Fishing
Guillermo Ortuño Crespo
4 Ocean in Motion: Addressing Gaps in MPA Governance in Areas beyond National
Jurisdiction
Bastiaan E. Klerk
5 RFMOs and Non-use MeasuresTypology, Practice and Considerations for Future
Developments
Osvaldo Urrutia
6 The Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement
Erik J. Molenaar
7 The International Moratorium on Commercial WhalingA Brief History and
Socio-Legal Assessment
Cameron Jefferies and Kate Latos
8 Non-use of Ocean Space for Waste DisposalThe Evolution of the Global
Dumping Regime
James Harrison
Part 3: The Deep Seabed
9 Deep-Seabed Mining: Environmental Knowledge and Implications for Use and
Non-use of the Deep Sea
Sabine Gollner, Patricia Esquete and Jesse M. A. van der Grient
10 Non-use Measures for Deep Seabed Mining in the Area
Aline Jaeckel, Jeff Ardron, Laisa Branco de Almeida and Pradeep Singh
11 Non-use Measures for the Protection of the Marine Environment in the
AreaRegional Environmental Management Plans at the International Seabed
Authority
Elisabetta Menini, Catherine Blanchard and Marzia Rovere
Part 4: Antarctica
12 CCAMLR Marine Protected Area in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica)A Scientific
Assessment
Katharina Teschke and Rebecca Konijnenberg
13 CCAMLRs Marine Protected AreasSuccesses and Challenges
Solène Guggisberg
14 The Antarctic Treaty System and the Antarctic Mineral MoratoriumCurrent
Status and Coming Challenges
Nicolas Kempf
15 Non-use Measures in Antarctic Tourism Regulation
Ricardo M. Roura and Solène Guggisberg
Part 5: The Atmosphere and the Outer Space
16 Solar Geoengineering as a Case-Study of Use, Non-use, and (Research)
Governance
Jeroen Oomen
17 Non-use of the Atmosphere and the Success Story of the Montreal Protocol
Solène Guggisberg and Mitchell Lennan
18 Non-use of SpaceReconsidering Article I of the Outer Space Treaty and the
Useability of Space Resources
Thomas Cheney
19 The Concept of Non-use under the Space Legal FrameworkIllustration with
the Establishment of Safety Zones on the Moon
Anne-Sophie Martin
Part 6: Concluding Remarks
20 Conclusions
Lessons Learnt and Pathways for Future Non-use Measures for Global Goods and
Commons in International Law
Solène Guggisberg and Catherine Blanchard
Index
Dr Solène Guggisberg is a researcher at Utrecht University. In addition to academic publications on international law related to fisheries, the environment, and Antarctica, she has wide-ranging experience in international laws implementation, having worked for the ICJ and international organisations.
Dr Catherine Blanchard previously worked as Assistant professor of Public International Law at Utrecht University. She presented her work on the regulation of deep-seabed mining, marine environmental protection, international fisheries law and ocean governance in international journals and at international conferences.
