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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]

Marine Protected Areas

Sarah Wolf, Jan Asmus Bischoff

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Encyclopedia entries
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Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law [MPIL]

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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]
Article last updated:
November 2013

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 08 February 2023

Subject(s):
Exclusive economic zone — Pollution — Exclusive fishery zone — Marine living resources — Flag state — UNCLOS (UN Convention on the Law of the Sea) — Straits — Innocent passage — Biodiversity — Sustainable development

Published under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law under the direction of Professor Anne Peters (2021–) and Professor Rüdiger Wolfrum (2004–2020). 

1 The term ‘marine protected area’ (‘MPA’) is generally used to describe a marine region located in a coastal State’s maritime zone or on the high seas that has a special protective status because of its ecological, biological, scientific, or historical importance. Despite common usage of this term in international documents, there is no universally accepted legal definition. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, for instance, defines a MPA as:Any area of intertidal or subtidal terrain, together with its overlying waters and...
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