- International Maritime Law Issues
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Maritime Security and History
- Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
- Environmental law and policy
- Law, logistics, and international trade
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- International Environmental Law and Policies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction
- Legal principles and applications
- Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
- Risk Perception and Management
- Energy Law and Policy
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- European and International Law Studies
- Maritime Navigation and Safety
- Marine animal studies overview
- International Law and Human Rights
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Regulation and Compliance Studies
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Fisheries and Aquaculture Studies
University of Wollongong
2013-2025
Boston University
2013
Australian Maritime College
2003
Australian National University
2000
"Protecting Public Health and the Environment: Implementing Precautionary Principle." Environmental Practice, 2(1), pp. 106–107
Abstract In late 2024 China declared territorial sea baselines around Scarborough Reef. Reef is one of the most critical insular features in South Sea. It claimed by and Philippines where serious at-sea conflicts between both countries have taken place. China’s 10 November baseline declaration a further step legal dispute over This article analyses considers its significance for largest prize Sea – Spratly Islands.
Abstract This article examines recent steps taken by Australia and France to combat illegal fishing in their claimed maritime zones of jurisdiction around adjacent sub-Antarctic island territories. These comprise operational responses legal developments, including the conclusion two bilateral treaties on cooperative surveillance enforcement. Geographical problems associated with addressing threat Southern Ocean are highlighted. It is concluded that when they come be tested international...
This article outlines the contribution of international shipping to climate change and examines different approaches regulate activities reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It considers challenges such as allocation GHG emissions individual states, selection most effective mitigation regulatory measures, potential for a disproportionate burden fall upon developing debate about whether United Nations (UN) or International Maritime Organization (IMO) is appropriate authority from shipping.
Anoteworthy feature of international environmental discourse since the late-1980s has been shift toward anticipatory policies. Precaution is leading policy approach that emerged to guide decision-makers confronted with inadequate information. The "precautionary principle" found expression in Australia 1992 Intergovernmental Agreement on Environment, various Commonwealth management strategies and a number pieces State legislation. It also accepted tentatively by courts as factor which should...
Multi-purpose marine protected areas (MPAs) are prevalent world-wide as institutional mechanisms deployed in the environment to manage multiple uses, conserve resources and protect ecosystems. Yet some people may experience disadvantage following implementation of new MPAs. One understudied aspect MPAs is distribution advantages disadvantages how best address "justice" concerns that they raise. This article identifies a framework principles, methods tools these concerns. It devises "MPA...
Australia and Timor Leste’s relationship has been bedevilled by disagreement about rights to lucrative hydrocarbon resources lying beneath the seabed of Sea a complicated at times painful history with Indonesia. This article reviews these circumstances, progress that made settle resource in overlapping claimed areas Sea, international proceedings have taken Leste against Australia. It is concluded key outstanding issue – where, exactly, boundary between should be located will not resolved...