From the Plastics Revolution to the Marine Plastics Crisis: A Patchwork of International Law

Basit Öğe Kaydı
dc.authorscopusid25230443000
dc.contributor.authorOral, N.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:17:14Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:17:14Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe plastic revolution that started in the 1950s has become the plastic crisis for the marine environment in the 21st Century. The problem of marine litter and microplastics represents a frontier in international law where the existing system of international law faces a complex challenge in either enabling a global and collective transition or strengthening of existing instruments, through the adoption of a new global instrument, or both. This chapter will examine in detail existing legal instruments related to the protection of the marine environment and their respective roles in addressing the problem of marine litter and microplastics. The chapter will begin with a brief examination of the history of plastic and its principal sources. It will then examine the scope of and gaps in key global instruments for the marine environment, as well as regional approaches, in relation to addressing the problem of marine litter and plastics. The chapter will conclude with a review of the possible options under discussion by States under the auspices of the United Nations Environmental Programme for addressing the problem of marine litter and microplastics. © 2021 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1163/9789004372887_012
dc.identifier.endpage315en_US
dc.identifier.isbn9789004372887
dc.identifier.isbn9789004372870
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85140212092en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.startpage281en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1163/9789004372887_012
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/6466
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBrillen_US
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in International Environmental Law: Oceans and Climate Challenges: Essays in Honour of David Freestoneen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryKitap Bölümü - Uluslararasıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.titleFrom the Plastics Revolution to the Marine Plastics Crisis: A Patchwork of International Law
dc.typeBook Chapter

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