China’s role in global marine conservation: opportunities and challenges in implementing ABMTs in ABNJ under the BBNJ Agreement

Frontiers in Marine Science, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 12

Опубликована: Март 20, 2025

Area-based management tools (ABMTs) are crucial for conserving marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ). The BBNJ Agreement establishes a global framework the protection of critical ocean through implementing ABMTs. While this agreement provides framework, its success relies on individual states’ participation and dedication. China has signed Agreement, recognizing essential role coordinating international efforts to implement This article argues that possesses capabilities advance ABMTs ABNJ, drawing from established policies, institutional collaboration, extensive experience managing domestic protected (MPAs). However, reinforce contribution conservation, needs overcome key challenges. These include enhancing legislation better align with building expertise ABNJ.

Язык: Английский

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Reducing harm to the ocean: From environmental governance to the development of marine ecological civilization

Ocean & Coastal Management, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 267, С. 107754 - 107754

Опубликована: Май 20, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Systems Thinking of Marine Policies in Promoting Environmental Law, Sustainability, and Digital Technologies: Social Challenges in Belt and Road Initiative Countries

Systems, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 12(10), С. 400 - 400

Опубликована: Сен. 27, 2024

The success of marine environmental regulations in terms social challenges Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries is the main subject this study, which compares contrasts them with an eye toward sustainability, integration digital technologies, law, reducing ecological degradation. Environmental solid governance essential as BRI increase their activity, important part world economy by systems thinking; industry includes a broad range operations about ocean its resources through to promote legislation emissions participating BRI. This study evaluated effects institutional quality technical advancements policies between 2013 2024. project aims examine how various policy contexts relate conservation, well they comply international regulations, technology can improve monitoring implementation thinking. determine common obstacles best methods for enforcing examining research from different countries. results deepen our understanding these be utilized meet sustainable development objectives while preventing degradation ecosystems due economic growth business.

Язык: Английский

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Building the rule of law for maritime security in China: a domestic law perspective

Frontiers in Marine Science, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 11

Опубликована: Июль 10, 2024

Maritime security is an essential component of national security, and the effective maintenance China’s maritime urgently needs a complete guarantee rule law. Since founding People’s Republic China in 1949, construction domestic law on has undergone three phases: slow development, formation refinement. Although seas been constantly improved, it provided safeguards for maintaining sovereignty, rights interests. It facilitated development undertakings. However, still faces problems such as lack explicit constitutional basis, sea not independent departmental law, absence fundamental sea, operability marine legislation, existence some gaps laws. Given with current necessary to make improvements following areas: adding provisions Constitution , formulating other laws, improving local introducing implementing regulations.

Язык: Английский

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The rule of law system for China’s marine security

Frontiers in Marine Science, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 11

Опубликована: Сен. 27, 2024

This paper examines the current status of China’s legislation on safeguarding sovereignty and security, resource navigation ecological regulating law enforcement judicial activities, summarizes characteristics existing marine security legislation. utilizes literature analysis comparative methods, under Overall National Security Outlook, this proposes a path improvement by consolidating marine-related norms, promoting formulation basic seas, refining legal provisions improving data classification grading system pushing forward reform adjudication mechanism maritime courts to enhance ability actively safeguard rights interests oceans seas through use rule law.

Язык: Английский

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The improvement of judicial protection of marine environment in China: based on the analysis of 2,443 judicial cases

Frontiers in Marine Science, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 11

Опубликована: Окт. 28, 2024

With the proliferation of human activities, a series marine ecological and environmental problems have arisen. Judicial application is important to test legislative achievements, explore judicial difficulties, examine compliance with law. There no case law in China impact decisions on protection environment therefore indirect. can reflect implementation Marine Environmental Protection Law play crucial role improving protection. An analysis 2,443 cases related heard by courts at all levels across from 1 January 2019 31 December 2023 has been conducted. The findings indicate an overall downward trend protection, suggesting positive governance outcomes some extent. However, certain remain environment. Therefore, efficiency should be properly increased independent crime for pollution introduced further clarify legal bases intelligent trial assistance technology also applied shorten time, improve efficiency, unify rules. People’s Courts active provision evidence specific evidentiary burden provisions different types pollutions proposed. data sharing channels between various systems facilitated functionality referral developed coordination administrative enforcement criminal justice within unified platform.

Язык: Английский

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Legal pathways for China’s blue carbon conservation: a perspective of synergizing ocean and climate rule of law

Frontiers in Marine Science, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 11

Опубликована: Ноя. 26, 2024

Blue carbon serves as a significant natural sink and presents substantial opportunities for greenhouse gas mitigation actions. This study first elucidates the importance of blue conservation its basis in international law, then analyzes progress shortcomings China’s efforts protection areas legislation, enforcement, judicial practices related to ocean governance climate change mitigation. Finally, from perspective coordinating governance, this paper proposes legal pathways improve conservation. In terms it advocates explicit inclusion concept “blue carbon” frameworks governing clarification status credits”. regulatory recommends developing detailed implementation plan integrate into China Certified Emission Reduction (CCER) system, designating body trading, establishing multi-stakeholder mechanism involving government, market, society. realm, suggests issuing interpretations clarify scope, prerequisites, “purchasing credit” prevent such purchases becoming “free pass” that could damage marine ecosystems

Язык: Английский

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Evaluation of China's marine sustainable development based on PSR and SDG14: Synergy-tradeoff analysis and scenario simulation

Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 111, С. 107753 - 107753

Опубликована: Ноя. 30, 2024

Язык: Английский

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