United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea (1973)

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1973)
April Hibbard
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Goal
Bridge together the gap between centuries old rights and obligations and the new awareness that seas are not an inexhaustible resource for those whose geography or economic development facilitates marine exploitation

Various UN Conventions on Law of the Seas
UNCLOS I (1958)
UNCLOS II (1960)
UNCLOS III (1973)

Boundaries
Baseline
Internal Waters
Territorial Waters (12 Nautical Miles)
Contiguous Zone (12 Nautical Miles)
Continental Shelf
Exclusive Economic Zone (200 Nautical Miles)

Baseline
Internal Waters
Territorial Waters
Contiguous Zone

Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs)
Surrounding borders around countries are EEZ
Blue is considered High Seas

High Seas
Freedom , for all states, landlocked or not, to navigate through, fly over, fish upon, and conduct scientific research in, etc.

Landlocked Countries

Landlocked States have the right to share equitably in the explorations of the surplus fishing resources in the EEZ’s of states within their region.

Conservation
Marine pollution results in toxic effects in:
Harm to living resources and marine life
Hazards to human health
Hindrance to marine activities.
Sources of Pollution:
Seabed mining
Oil dumping
Vessel-source pollution

Marine Research
Marine research monitors and regulates the prevention, reduction, and control of population of the marine environment

Regulation set for an allowable number of fish caught—based on scientific research in order to maintain and restore species to levels of maximum sustainability.

Non-living Resources
Non-living resources located on the sea floor of the Continental Shelf like:
Natural gas
Oil (as shown here)
Coal
Heavy minerals and elements

Ratification
Dark green- signed and ratified
Light green- signed and not-ratified
Grey- Not signed

Pictures Cited
Slide 1: http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm
Slide 2:http://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts/H2O-On-the-Go/Sci-Media/Images/Earth-s-water-distribution—waterand http://one-change.com/2006/11/why-we-need-to-conserve-water-the-earths-water/
Slide 3: http://www.scribd.com/doc/18100634/Unclos-III#
Slide 4: http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/convention_20years.htm
Slide 5:: http://unlawofthesea.wordpress.com/
Slide 8: http://www1.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/e/KAIYO/image/Continental_shelf_with_sediment.png
Slide 9: http://www.arcticpeoples.org/component/k2/itemlist/date/2009/11?catid=154
Slide 10: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Exclusive_Economic_Zones_Nulles.png
Slide 12: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Landlocked_nations.svg
Slide 14: http://www.ryanmarineinc.com/index.php
Slide 17: http://www.solarnavigator.net/oil_rigs.htm
Slide 18: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Law_of_the_Sea_Convention.png

United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea (1973)

by April Hibbard

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