Advancing Marine Environmental Protection in the South China Sea
Gong, Lina; Trajano, Julius Cesar | November 2018
Abstract
The South China Sea (SCS) is an important water body that affects a wide range of human security aspects, including the economy, food, health, and environment of the countries and people around it. Despite its importance, however, the marine environment in the SCS is deteriorating at an alarming rate. There is currently no overarching regional environmental protection regime in the SCS. Cooperation in this area between ASEAN and China is therefore critical, since marine environmental problems are often transboundary. This policy report identifies four policy pathways that are key to the effective protection of the marine environment in the SCS: a regional mechanism, law enforcement, marine scientific research, and multi-stakeholder cooperation.
Citation
Gong, Lina; Trajano, Julius Cesar. 2018. Advancing Marine Environmental Protection in the South China Sea. © S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/9576.Keywords
Environment
Sociocultural Environment
Marine Environment
Environmental Problem
Environmental Law and Legislation
Aquatic Environment
Ecosystems
Environmental Planning
Ecology
Fishery development
Fishery projects
Development policy
Environment impact assessment
Environmental management
Environmental Damage
Environmental Conservation
Marine ecosystems
Environmental impact statements
Ecological risk assessment
Environmental auditing
Ecological monitoring
Environmental impact evaluation
Environmental quality management
Coastal ecology
Social ecology
Fisheries monitoring
Marine habitats
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