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Article: Halting the hitchhikers: challenges and opportunities for controlling ballast water discharges and aquatic invasive species.
- Article from:
- Environmental Law
- Article date:
- June 22, 2009
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I. INTRODUCTION
II. BALLAST WATER AS A CONDUIT FOR INVASIVE SPECIES TRANSFERS
A. Dispersal of Invasive Species Through Ballast Water Discharges
B. The Technology Gap
III. THE INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR ADDRESSING BALLAST WATER
DISCHARGES
A. Deficiencies in Current International Law for Addressing
Ballast Discharges
1. The Convention on Biological Diversity
2. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
B. The Ballast Water Convention as a Binding Regulatory Mechanism
1. Key Provisions of the Ballast Water Convention
2. Moving Forward with the Ballast Water Convention
IV. THE MANAGEMENT OF ...