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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.

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’.