Arctic Marine Biodiversity in the High Seas between Regional and Global Governance

• Author: Vito De Lucia, Christian Prip, Kristine Dalaker Kraabel, Raul Primicerio
• Pages: 272-274

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Citation: Vito De Lucia, Christian Prip, Kristine Dalaker Kraabel and Raul Primicerio. “Arctic Marine Biodiversity in the

High Seas between Regional and Global Governance’’ Arctic Review on Law and Politics, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2018, pp. 264–266.

http://dx.doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v9.1470

Arctic Review on Law and Politics

Vol. 9, No. 1, 2018, pp. 264–266

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Debate

Arctic Marine Biodiversity in the High

Seas between Regional and Global

Governance

Vito De Lucia

K.G. Jebsen Center for the Law of the Sea, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway

Christian Prip

Fridtjof Nansen Institute

Kristine Dalaker Kraabel

K.G. Jebsen Center for the Law of the Sea, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway

Raul Primicerio

Faculty of Biosciences, Fisher ies and Economics, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway

The recently released IPCCSpecial Report on Global War ning of 1.5C stresses the

urgency of climate action and adaptation in light of the speed and magnitude of

global warming and its environmental and socio-economic impacts. Such impacts

challenge the ability of the international community to meet the United Nations

Sustainable Development Goals.In the Arctic, rapid climate-driven sea ice lossis

putting pressure on highly sensitive ecosystems, while also opening foran unprece-

dented expansion of human activities. The increasing environmental pressures asso-

ciated with global warming and human activitiesin the Arctic are currently metby

insufcient, fragmented and often incompatible legal and policy frameworks. While

Arctic coastal regions may rely on domestic legislation and policy frameworks, a

large portion of the Arctic Ocean is beyondnational jurisdictionand arguably lacks

comprehensive and efcientinstruments for the conservation and sustainable use of

marine biodiversity.

The UN General Assembly launched negotiations on a global treaty on marine

biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) in December 20171 after a lengthy