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Marine Pollution: Environmental Effect and Its Ecological Remediation

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 3470

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Dear Colleagues,

With the increase in the exploration and exploitation of marine resources, marine ecological issues have become increasingly prominent. Mankind’s impact on the physical ecological environment relates to factors such as overpopulation, pollution, and deforestation. Therefore, to address this current global marine ecological crisis, we have launched this Special Issue on “Marine Pollution: Environmental Effect and Its Ecological Remediation”. Through the fruits of our collective efforts, we hope to highlight the existing relationships between and amongst the marine environmental challenges, their causes, and real-world solutions. 

In this context, researchers and practitioners from across the disciplinary spectrum, interested in advancing the current academic understanding concerning the environmental effects and ecological remediations, are welcomed to submit their manuscripts. The keywords listed below provide an outline of some, but not all, of the possible areas of interest. 

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Prof. Dr. Yuqing Sun
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Keywords

  • restoration of coastal marine ecosystems
  • remediation of marine systems
  • shipping sustainable development
  • marine biodiversity
  • fisheries management and governance
  • ocean and marine microplastics
  • detection and monitoring of marine pollution
  • marine microplastics pollution
  • sea-based pollution
  • Marine Protected Area Governance (MPAG)
  • Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBN)

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Establishing a Marine Protected Area in the Waters Surrounding Dokdo: Necessity and Legality
by Junghwan Choi and Sangseop Lim
Sustainability 2024, 16(2), 611; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16020611 - 10 Jan 2024
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Dokdo is an area with considerable marine biodiversity, which plays an important role in historical, geographical, and marine tourism. Recently, climate change has increased water temperatures in its surrounding waters, significantly threatening the balance of the marine ecosystem in Dokdo. This study analyzes [...] Read more.
Dokdo is an area with considerable marine biodiversity, which plays an important role in historical, geographical, and marine tourism. Recently, climate change has increased water temperatures in its surrounding waters, significantly threatening the balance of the marine ecosystem in Dokdo. This study analyzes South Korean and international laws as grounds for the necessity of establishing marine protected areas and the legal validity of such establishment to protect Dokdo’s marine ecosystem and increase the island’s social, cultural, and educational perspectives and marine tourism value within literature reviews and doctrinal study. Moreover, South Korea needs coordination and cooperation with Japan to prevent potential conflicts and implement measures for conflict management by designating Dokdo and its surrounding waters as marine protected areas. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Marine Pollution: Environmental Effect and Its Ecological Remediation)
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The Control of Microplastic Pollution in Semi-Closed Seas: Good-Faith Cooperation and Regional Practice
by Mingfei Ma and Xinyang Liu
Sustainability 2023, 15(16), 12412; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151612412 - 15 Aug 2023
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The impacts of microplastic (MP) pollution in the marine environment have already been illustrated by natural science. The issues resulting from MPs have revealed the problem of the current international governance arrangement, and international agreements are found to be inadequate to curb the [...] Read more.
The impacts of microplastic (MP) pollution in the marine environment have already been illustrated by natural science. The issues resulting from MPs have revealed the problem of the current international governance arrangement, and international agreements are found to be inadequate to curb the growing MP pollution. This article explores reasons for the failure of governance cooperation from legal normativism and positivism. By analyzing the semi-closed sea system in the UNCLOS, this article concludes that the principle of good faith makes it possible to moderate geographic political tensions during cooperation and help reach an agreement on matters of mutual concern. Then, from the perspective of regional ocean governance, propose strategies for states bordering semi-enclosed seas and others to gradually control MP pollution in the marine environment through legal and policy measures. Full article
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