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Scientific Synthesis of the Impacts of Ocean Fertilization on Marine Biodiversity

2009

Scientific Report

Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

This report presents a review and synthesis of existing literature and other scientific information on the potential impacts of ocean fertilization on marine biodiversity, pursuant to CBD COP 9 decision IX/20, paragraph 3.

The Dirt on International Environmental Law Regarding Soils: Is the Existing Regime Adequate

2008

Scholarly Work

Alexandra Wyatt

This note analyzes the gaps and deficiencies in this current mix of legal regimes and how they lead to under-protection of global soil functions.

Policy Brief: Governing Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

2019

Think Tank Report

Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G)

This policy brief identifies the governance challenges around marine carbon dioxide removal.

Oceans in Transition: Incorporating Climate-Change Impacts into Environmental Impact Assessment for Marine Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

2018

Scholarly Work

Robin Warner

This Article reviews the existing international law and policy framework for environmental impact assessment in areas beyond national jurisdiction, with a look at how ocean iron fertilization fits into the existing framework.

Ocean Iron Fertilization and Indigenous Peoples’ Right to Food: Leveraging International and Domestic Law Protections to Enhance Access to Salmon in the Pacific Northwest

2016

Scholarly Work

Randall S. Abate

This article addresses whether indigenous communities like the Haida in the U.S. Pacific Northwest region could assert a legal right to employ OIF as a strategy to help restore a cultural food source that has been depleted due to climate change.

Barometer Rising: The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety as a Model for Holistic International Regulation of Ocean Fertilization Projects and Other Forms of Geoengineering

2016

Scholarly Work

Matthew Hubbard

This note argues that there is a strong comparison between biotechnology and geoengineering, and that the current regulatory framework for biosafety can serve as a model for similar regulation of ocean fertilization.

Update on Climate Geoengineering in Relation to the Convention on Biological Diversity: Potential Impacts and Regulatory Framework

2016

Scientific Report

Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

This report provides an update, including regulatory developments, to the CBD's 2012 Technical Series No. 66: Geoengineering in Relation to the Convention on Biological Diversity report on the potential impacts of geoengineering.

A Green Herring: How Current Ocean Fertilization Regulation Distracts from Geoengineering Research

2014

Scholarly Work

Michael C. Branson

This article proposes that nations tackle the dangers posed by ocean fertilization experiments together with other geoengineering activities, in the context of combatting climate change.

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