“The sea has disappeared into our heads,” although the greatest share of international trade depends on thousands of giant cargo ships crossing the ocean every day and tons of minerals being extracted from the depth of the high sea bed for energy supply.1 Over 10 percent of the world’s population lives on islands, and 60 percent of the world’s population lives along or near the coast.2 The oceans are vast, and most of them fall outside state control: these are “Marine Areas beyond National Jurisdiction” (abnj) for which no one nation has sole responsibility for management. The “common oceans” make up 40 percent of the surface of our planet, comprising 64 percent of the surface of the oceans and nearly 95 percent of its volume. In contrast, about 80 percent of all marine pollution originates on land and not necessarily only from coastal states.
"Recontinentalizing Europe: Terrestrial Conversion and Symbolic Exchanges at Europe's Mediterranean Frontier"
Emilio Cocco
2017-01-01
Abstract
“The sea has disappeared into our heads,” although the greatest share of international trade depends on thousands of giant cargo ships crossing the ocean every day and tons of minerals being extracted from the depth of the high sea bed for energy supply.1 Over 10 percent of the world’s population lives on islands, and 60 percent of the world’s population lives along or near the coast.2 The oceans are vast, and most of them fall outside state control: these are “Marine Areas beyond National Jurisdiction” (abnj) for which no one nation has sole responsibility for management. The “common oceans” make up 40 percent of the surface of our planet, comprising 64 percent of the surface of the oceans and nearly 95 percent of its volume. In contrast, about 80 percent of all marine pollution originates on land and not necessarily only from coastal states.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
