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dc.contributor.authorFinska, Linda
dc.contributor.authorHowden, Julie Gjørtz
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-18T11:41:01Z
dc.date.available2019-10-18T11:41:01Z
dc.date.issued2018-11-19
dc.description.abstractA considerable volume of marine plastic pollution derives from watercourses, and many of the world's largest and most heavily polluted watercourses are international. In spite of the clear factual link between the utilization and protection of international watercourses and marine plastic pollution there is hardly any interaction between the legal sub‐fields of international water law and marine environmental law. This lack of interaction also reflects the absence of a global treaty, or even a shared global understanding, of the environmental threat from plastic pollution and the universal responsibility this generates also for landlocked States. This article investigates the possibilities for more integrated measures to prevent pollution of international watercourses and oceans, and argues that regimes within international water law and marine environmental law must cooperate to create awareness of the plastic pollution risk from watercourses and take steps to harmonize their legal rules and policies to contribute to the control and mitigation of marine plastic pollution. Regional coordination, such as improved cooperation between the regional seas organizations and river basin organizations, could provide a tool to better address transboundary sources of plastic. Potentially, such developments could be adopted to control marine plastic pollution from the most heavily polluted international watercourses.en_US
dc.descriptionSource at <a href=https://doi.org/10.1111/reel.12257>https://doi.org/10.1111/reel.12257</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFinska, L. & Howden, J.G. (2018). Troubled waters - Where is the bridge? Confronting marine plastic pollution from international watercourses. <i>Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law, 27</i>(3), 245-253. https://doi.org/10.1111/reel.12257en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1632446
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/reel.12257
dc.identifier.issn2050-0386
dc.identifier.issn2050-0394
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/16435
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.journalReview of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Law: 340::Environmental law: 347en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Rettsvitenskap: 340::Miljørett: 347en_US
dc.titleTroubled waters - Where is the bridge? Confronting marine plastic pollution from international watercoursesen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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