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Marine Environmental Protection and Freedom of Navigation in International Law

Marine Environmental Protection and Freedom of Navigation in International Law Within a short time protection of the marine environment has become a basic principle of international maritime law. It is common knowledge that the "shadow aspect" of scientific and technological progress, which was initially unaccompanied by either closed technological processes or the construction of purification structures or of installations for the reception of discharges and wastes in ports, resulted in severe damage to the marine environment in many areas of the world ocean.' States had to adopt stringent measures to prevent, reduce, and control pollution of the marine environment from any source. Over a period of some 20 years states have signed a series of international agreements at global, regional, and bilateral levels that provide for the pre- vention of pollution by all agents and from all possible sources.2 The major objective of these agreements has been to protect and preserve the marine environment. As a result, new rules and principles of law have been devel- oped that regulate protection of the marine environment in keeping with the legal regimes of the relevant areas of the world ocean. The major principle among these is, naturally, protection of the marine environment. As a princi- ple of international law this http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ocean Yearbook Online Brill

Marine Environmental Protection and Freedom of Navigation in International Law

Ocean Yearbook Online , Volume 6 (1): 6 – Jan 1, 1986

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Brill
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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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2211-6001
DOI
10.1163/221160086X00149
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Abstract

Within a short time protection of the marine environment has become a basic principle of international maritime law. It is common knowledge that the "shadow aspect" of scientific and technological progress, which was initially unaccompanied by either closed technological processes or the construction of purification structures or of installations for the reception of discharges and wastes in ports, resulted in severe damage to the marine environment in many areas of the world ocean.' States had to adopt stringent measures to prevent, reduce, and control pollution of the marine environment from any source. Over a period of some 20 years states have signed a series of international agreements at global, regional, and bilateral levels that provide for the pre- vention of pollution by all agents and from all possible sources.2 The major objective of these agreements has been to protect and preserve the marine environment. As a result, new rules and principles of law have been devel- oped that regulate protection of the marine environment in keeping with the legal regimes of the relevant areas of the world ocean. The major principle among these is, naturally, protection of the marine environment. As a princi- ple of international law this

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Ocean Yearbook OnlineBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1986

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