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South Africa's proposed new Marine Protected Area around the Prince Edward Islands: An analysis of legal obligations, options and opportunities

This dissertation examines the international, regional and national legal context for the declaration of a large multi-zoned MPA around the Prince Edward Islands. In particular I examine South Africa's obligations in terms of international and regional treaty law as well as its commitments to global...

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Main Author: Nel, Deon
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Language:English
Published: Institute of Marine and Environmental Law 2014
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description This dissertation examines the international, regional and national legal context for the declaration of a large multi-zoned MPA around the Prince Edward Islands. In particular I examine South Africa's obligations in terms of international and regional treaty law as well as its commitments to global policy statements. Legal options and opportunities for providing the most comprehensive, and yet practical, legal protection for such a MPA are examined. Recommendations are made based on this analysis.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/4489 South Africa's proposed new Marine Protected Area around the Prince Edward Islands: An analysis of legal obligations, options and opportunities Nel, Deon This dissertation examines the international, regional and national legal context for the declaration of a large multi-zoned MPA around the Prince Edward Islands. In particular I examine South Africa's obligations in terms of international and regional treaty law as well as its commitments to global policy statements. Legal options and opportunities for providing the most comprehensive, and yet practical, legal protection for such a MPA are examined. Recommendations are made based on this analysis. 2014-07-30T18:02:38Z 2014-07-30T18:02:38Z 2014-07-30 Master Thesis Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4489 en application/pdf Institute of Marine and Environmental Law Faculty of Law University of Cape Town
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South Africa's proposed new Marine Protected Area around the Prince Edward Islands: An analysis of legal obligations, options and opportunities
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title South Africa's proposed new Marine Protected Area around the Prince Edward Islands: An analysis of legal obligations, options and opportunities
title_full South Africa's proposed new Marine Protected Area around the Prince Edward Islands: An analysis of legal obligations, options and opportunities
title_fullStr South Africa's proposed new Marine Protected Area around the Prince Edward Islands: An analysis of legal obligations, options and opportunities
title_full_unstemmed South Africa's proposed new Marine Protected Area around the Prince Edward Islands: An analysis of legal obligations, options and opportunities
title_short South Africa's proposed new Marine Protected Area around the Prince Edward Islands: An analysis of legal obligations, options and opportunities
title_sort south africa s proposed new marine protected area around the prince edward islands an analysis of legal obligations options and opportunities
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