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2050: Sustainable oceans in a changing climate Cabot Institute Position Paper (2012)
Journal Article

The world’s oceans are a potentially hugely productive resource. Against a backdrop of climate change, ocean acidification, population growth and poor governance and regulation, it is vital that we change our management strategies to maximise marin... Read More about 2050: Sustainable oceans in a changing climate Cabot Institute Position Paper.

A right to water - A geographico-legal perspective (2011)
Book Chapter

The habitats directive and fisheries administration: An immovable object meets and irresistible force? (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Fisheries are the exclusive competence of the European Union (EU), while responsibility for environmental law is shared between the EU and its member states. This makes it difficult for the EU to enforce environmental law against the EU common fisher... Read More about The habitats directive and fisheries administration: An immovable object meets and irresistible force?.

Is the UK's fishery quota system a violation of human rights law? (2011)
Journal Article

Flood management: From defence to sustainability (2009)
Journal Article

The problem of flood risk management is as old as settled human communities, preceding even the first telling of Noah's biblical flood. It remains a significant concern today in our highly populated, intensively developed world, albeit that understan... Read More about Flood management: From defence to sustainability.

Tools for the equitable and sustainable use of ecosystem resources: Parts 1 and 2 (2009)
Journal Article

Recognition over the past century of the benefits provided by land and landscapes has seen a net shift in balance from the private interests of landowners towards broader beneficiaries across society, with post-apartheid constitutional and legislativ... Read More about Tools for the equitable and sustainable use of ecosystem resources: Parts 1 and 2.

Safeguarding the societal value of land (2009)
Journal Article

There is an extensive academic literature on relative cultural perspectives about the value of land, landscapes, ecosystems and natural resources (for example Posey and Strang). Our purpose in this paper is not to review that body of work. Rather,... Read More about Safeguarding the societal value of land.

Response to: Another view on the public right to fish and the question of regulation or ownership (2008)
Journal Article

It is undeniable that there is an outer limit on the
appalling mess that is the public right to fish. The
difficult question, which has not been coherently
addressed by the courts in the rag tag and bobtail of
old, first instance and foreign deci... Read More about Response to: Another view on the public right to fish and the question of regulation or ownership.

Damage by fishing in the UK's Lyme Bay - A problem of regulation or ownership? (2007)
Journal Article

Since last year, fisheries management has undergone serious analysis under the lens of the Marine White Paper. A change in the regulatory framework has been proposed, with the expansion of the jurisdictions of Sea Fisheries Committees, marine spatia... Read More about Damage by fishing in the UK's Lyme Bay - A problem of regulation or ownership?.

The draft Marine Bill: Will it deliver marine protection? (2007)
Journal Article

On 3rd April DEFRA published a draft Marine Bill to modernise the regulation of UK waters. At 687 pages (with guidance notes) the draft Bill is certainly comprehensive but does it deliver? The sensible place to start on this analysis is to look at... Read More about The draft Marine Bill: Will it deliver marine protection?.

Caught in time (2006)
Digital Artefact

The public right to fish: Is it fit for purpose? (2005)
Journal Article

The comment: `we live on an island made of coal
surrounded by a sea full of fish, only an organisational
genius could arrange a shortage of both at the same
time', is attributed to Aneurin Bevan. The Royal
Commission on Environmental Pollution, t... Read More about The public right to fish: Is it fit for purpose?.

Report into the establishment of marine protected areas in UK waters under existing legislation
Preprint / Working Paper

The purpose of this report is to put into plain English the legal issues, which underlie the establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs). Though there are numerous legal vehicles for regulating marine activities, the creation of closures for purel... Read More about Report into the establishment of marine protected areas in UK waters under existing legislation.

Oceans and Health Conference
Digital Artefact

The Centre recently hosted an international conference on the oceans and human health. We managed to grab a few words with some of the attendees and asked them what…

The crown's marine estate- A sovereign wealth fund?
Journal Article

A response to the Treasury Select Committee investigation of the management of the Crown Estate, focusing on the marine estate and highlighting the Crown Estate's stewardship responsibilities