The Legal Status of the Caspian Sea (eBook, PDF) - Janusz-Pawletta, Barbara
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This book analyzes the legal and economic situation concerning the removal and allocation of the natural resources in the Caspian Sea – the largest enclosed body of salt water in the world, which not only constitutes a fragile ecosystem with great fishery resources, but is also rich in oil and gas deposits. The economic advantages gained from the development of oil and gas are the basis for the economic and social development of the riparian states, but also cause significant transboundary harm to the ecosystem of the Caspian Sea. The book contends that, if the local environment grows more…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
This book analyzes the legal and economic situation concerning the removal and allocation of the natural resources in the Caspian Sea – the largest enclosed body of salt water in the world, which not only constitutes a fragile ecosystem with great fishery resources, but is also rich in oil and gas deposits. The economic advantages gained from the development of oil and gas are the basis for the economic and social development of the riparian states, but also cause significant transboundary harm to the ecosystem of the Caspian Sea. The book contends that, if the local environment grows more heavily contaminated through the extraction of mineral resources, it could lead to environmentally induced violence. It describes the ongoing conflicts, which are primarily due to various riparian states’ territorial claims concerning the extraction of oil and gas resources, and argues that the current legal framework on the use and protection of the Caspian Sea is obsolete. Thus, the main objective of the book is to point out corresponding international legal mechanisms that could be used in order to settle these disputes and protect the Caspian Sea’s fragile environment from transboundary harm.

Autorenporträt
Since 2011 the author is building up and supervising the regional MA Program on Integrated Water Management in Central Asia at the German-Kazakh University in Almaty on behalf of DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). Since 2016 the author is the UNESCO Chair-holder for water management in Central Asia. Her teaching and research fields cover legal framework and institutional interstate cooperation including on water and energy nexus. As Vice Rector on International Cooperation and Public Relations at Kazakh-German University the author continues to enhance positive water diplomacy in the region. She is also the editor-in-chief, of the Journal of the Central Asian Journal of Water Research (CAJWR), which is an open-access, peer-reviewed e-Journal dedicated to all aspects of water management in the region of Central Asia. Also, the author has a membership at the Technical Committee of the Global Water Partnership (GWP) and at International Law Association within the Committee ¿Role of International Law in Sustainable Natural Resource Management for Development¿.