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Eigene Rechte der Natur können zu einem ethischen Wertewandel führen, sodass der Mensch nicht mehr im Mittelpunkt des Rechtssystems steht, sondern als Teil seiner Mitwelt angesehen wird. Dieses im globalen Süden entwickelte Konzept kann zur Überwindung des praktischen Kolonialismus und des kolonialen Denkens beitragen. Bestehen Perspektiven für seine Einführung auch in Deutschland? 

This book entails a comprehensive analysis of the States' obligation to protect and preserve the marine environment and evidences that under Art. 192 UNCLOS State are obliged to adopt specific obligations, such as the designation of Marine Protected Areas or the prohibition of Bottom Trawling.

In the third year of the UN Ocean Decade, Advisory Opinions seem to be the go to legal action to enforce environmental protection obligations of States. For the Law of the Sea, the jurisdiction of the highest special judicial body, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, is highly contentious. Is the Tribunal even capable of accepting this important role to develop the law?

Although the Habitats Directive has enhanced nature conservation in Europe, it has failed to stop deterioration in its biodiversity. A significant contribution to this failure is the weak provision on compensatory measures under Article 6(4) of the directive in the event that Member States decide to authorise activities which harm protected areas. As the directive’s Natura 2000 network fails to include sufficient private land, it forms a patchwork of conservation areas which do not thrive. This article investigates ...

Natura 2000 is Europe's signature biodiversity conservation network governed by the Habitats and the Birds Directive. However, after Brexit, the question arises what will become of its British part. An option for the British could be to retain Natura 2000 after exiting the European Union and evolve it to tackle some of its flaws, one of them being the lack of scientific information about the biodiversity it aims to protect. This argument will be developed using a parallel situation in India as an example...