The Oceanic Circle: Governing the Seas as a Global Resource

by Elisabeth Mann Borgese

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This book's title is taken from Mohandas Gandhi's comparison of the social order to the ever-widening circles that result when a stone is dropped in the ocean. In much the same way, the governance of the world's oceans--as generated by the United Nations' 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea, and the subsequent conventions, agreements, and programs following the 1992 Rio Earth Summit--is now affecting the social order of the individual, the village,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:9280810286

ISBN13:9789280810288

Release Date:January 1998

Publisher:United Nations University Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.8" x 9.3"

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Business Business & Investing Conservation Earth Sciences Economics Engineering Environmental Science Natural Resources Nature Nature & Ecology

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