Estimating the impact of new high seas activities on the environment: the effects of ocean-surface macroplastic removal on sea surface ecosystems (2023)
Journal Article
Spencer, M., Culhane, F., Chong, F., Powell, M. O., Roland Holst, R. J., & Helm, R. (2023). Estimating the impact of new high seas activities on the environment: the effects of ocean-surface macroplastic removal on sea surface ecosystems. PeerJ – the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences, 11, Article 15021. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15021

The open ocean beyond national jurisdiction covers nearly half of Earth’s surface and is largely unexplored. It is also an emerging frontier for new types of human activity. Understanding how new activities interact with high seas ecosystems is criti... Read More about Estimating the impact of new high seas activities on the environment: the effects of ocean-surface macroplastic removal on sea surface ecosystems.

New Technology and the Protection of the Marine Environment (2023)
Book Chapter
Woker, H. J., Roland Holst, R. J., & Harden-Davies, H. (2023). New Technology and the Protection of the Marine Environment. In R. Rayfuse, A. Jaeckel, & N. Klein (Eds.), Research Handbook on International Marine Environmental Law (409-427). (Second Edition). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789909081.00028

This chapter focusses on the multifaceted relationship between new technology, the protection of the marine environment, and law. It identifies four categories to classify and analyse this relationship: (1) new technologies for marine resource exploi... Read More about New Technology and the Protection of the Marine Environment.

Reflections on the Governance Function of Compulsory Dispute Settlement in the Legal Order for the Ocean (2023)
Journal Article
Roland Holst, R. J. (2023). Reflections on the Governance Function of Compulsory Dispute Settlement in the Legal Order for the Ocean. The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, 38(2), 283-301. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718085-bja10122

This article takes the fortieth anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea as an opportunity to reflect on the role that the compulsory dispute settlement system under Part XV of the Convention plays in maintaining the legal o... Read More about Reflections on the Governance Function of Compulsory Dispute Settlement in the Legal Order for the Ocean.

Restoration Activities in the Marine Environment: Balancing Diverging Perceptions of ‘Risk’ (2023)
Book Chapter
Roland Holst, R. J. (2023). Restoration Activities in the Marine Environment: Balancing Diverging Perceptions of ‘Risk’. In F. M. Platjouw, & A. Pozdnakova (Eds.), The Environmental Rule of Law for Oceans: Designing Legal Solutions (95-107). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009253741.012

This Chapter analyses the legal challenges raised by the use of new technologies for marine environmental restoration purposes, using as a case study The Ocean Cleanup’s plastic cleanup activities in areas beyond national jurisdiction. While the obje... Read More about Restoration Activities in the Marine Environment: Balancing Diverging Perceptions of ‘Risk’.