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"""In providing a broad overview of the legal aspects related to marine pollution caused by ballast water and tank sediments, this book offers a pragmatic analysis of the current international legal system, and includes principles of international customary law and also references to a comprehensive environmental treaty law framework which relates the Ballast Water Convention to other treaties, such as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), MARPOL and the Convention on Biological Diversity."" From the Foreword by Efthimios E. Mitropoulos"

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Author:   Maria Helena Fonseca de Souza Rolim ,  Gaetano Librando ,  Erkki Leppakoski
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Volume:   63
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.876kg
ISBN:  

9789004166523

ISBN 10:   9004166521
Pages:   402
Publication Date:   19 June 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Efthimios E. Mitropoulos; Foreword by Andreas I. Chrysostomou; Preface by Erik Røsaeg; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Biopollution and Ballast Water 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Defi nitions and Use of Terms; 2.3. Scientifi c Aspects on Biopollution (Erkki Leppäkoski); 2.4. From Pollution to Biopollution of the Marine Environment; 2.5. Conclusion Chapter 3: Evolution of the International Law on Biopollution 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Customary International Law; 3.3. Treaty Law; 3.4. Conclusion Chapter 4: IMO and Codifi cation of the International Law on Ballast Water Management 4.1. The IMO and its Treaty-making Procedures (Gaetano Librando); 4.2. The IMO Resolutions; 4.3. The 2004 International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments; 4.4. Conclusion Chapter 5: GloBallast Legislative Review: Brazilian Case Study 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Unilateral Acts and Ballast Water; 5.3. The Brazilian GloBallast Legislative Review Chapter 6: Conclusion Bibliography Annexes Annex I: International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 Annex II: Guidelines required under the BWM Convention and adopted by IMO/MEPC Resolutions Annex III: IMO Resolution A.868(20), 1997, Guidelines for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water to Minimize the Transfer of Harmful Aquatic Organisms and Pathogens Annex IV: Draft of National Legislation on Ballast Water Index

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From the Foreword by Efthimios E. Mitropoulos.

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Maria Helena F. S. Rolim, Ph.D., has worked as invited researcher at the Space Policy Institute, Washington, USA. She has been legal consultant of the United Nations for over 18 years, in particular at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), as the Brazilian local legal adviser under the GloBallast Programme, Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the World Bank. She is former professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo and former invited associate professor and researcher in Law of the Sea at the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Oslo University, Norway. She has been member of the Brazilian delegation at the United Nations (Committee for the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) and IMO) and received a Brazilian Navy Award Medal for her collaboration and concern with respect to the protection of the oceans. She has published extensively on the Law of the Sea and on Space Law, as the Brazilian legal adviser for the Brazilian International Space Station Programme, in tandem with NASA.

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