Routledge Protecting Marine Environment From Land Pollution - Law Book

This comprehensive Routledge volume addresses the critical global challenge of marine pollution, where approximately 80 per cent originates from land-based sources with trans-boundary implications. The book provides an in-depth exploration of current international legal and policy frameworks designed to protect marine environments, whilst identifying their practical limitations and gaps. It systematically examines the sources and effects of land-based marine pollution and analyses the complexities of controlling these contaminants. The work evaluates management principles, policies and regulatory approaches operating at both regional and international levels, offering scholars, policymakers and environmental professionals a detailed assessment of how existing international regimes address-and often fail to address-the persistent threats to marine ecosystems stemming from terrestrial pollution sources.