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Marine pollution and the South Asian Coastal States: A legal appraisal

South Asia is the living place of more than one-fifth of the world’s population and it is the most densely populated region in the world. There are five coastal states in this region (i.e. Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) and due to their great reliance on the sea for their livel...

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Main Author: Karim, M.E.
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Language:English
Published: Macquaire University 2013
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K Law (General)
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spelling my.um.eprints.131782015-04-03T02:05:40Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/13178/ Marine pollution and the South Asian Coastal States: A legal appraisal Karim, M.E. K Law (General) South Asia is the living place of more than one-fifth of the world’s population and it is the most densely populated region in the world. There are five coastal states in this region (i.e. Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) and due to their great reliance on the sea for their livelihood, the people here contribute toward pollution which may have disastrous consequences in the long run. This article, with a brief focus on international and regional legal initiatives on marine pollution, considers the existing municipal legal framework to handle the issue in these countries. It has been revealed that this issue of marine pollution is not considered seriously yet and the existing laws are mostly outdated and leniently implemented. Macquaire University 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/13178/1/law-mqjicel_journal_vol_9_no_2_2013_article_abdullah_al_arif.pdf Karim, M.E. (2013) Marine pollution and the South Asian Coastal States: A legal appraisal. Macquarie Journal of International and Comparative Environmental Law, 2. http://law.mq.edu.au/public/download.jsp?id=170872
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Marine pollution and the South Asian Coastal States: A legal appraisal
description South Asia is the living place of more than one-fifth of the world’s population and it is the most densely populated region in the world. There are five coastal states in this region (i.e. Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) and due to their great reliance on the sea for their livelihood, the people here contribute toward pollution which may have disastrous consequences in the long run. This article, with a brief focus on international and regional legal initiatives on marine pollution, considers the existing municipal legal framework to handle the issue in these countries. It has been revealed that this issue of marine pollution is not considered seriously yet and the existing laws are mostly outdated and leniently implemented.
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title Marine pollution and the South Asian Coastal States: A legal appraisal
title_short Marine pollution and the South Asian Coastal States: A legal appraisal
title_full Marine pollution and the South Asian Coastal States: A legal appraisal
title_fullStr Marine pollution and the South Asian Coastal States: A legal appraisal
title_full_unstemmed Marine pollution and the South Asian Coastal States: A legal appraisal
title_sort marine pollution and the south asian coastal states: a legal appraisal
publisher Macquaire University
publishDate 2013
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/13178/1/law-mqjicel_journal_vol_9_no_2_2013_article_abdullah_al_arif.pdf
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http://law.mq.edu.au/public/download.jsp?id=170872
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