News
OceanLaw Director to speak at ASCOBANS/ACCOBAMS workshop on marine
protected areas
03 February 07
OceanLaw Director Chris Hedley has been invited to speak at an
international workshop convened by the
ASCOBANS and
ACCOBAMS Secretariats and the
European Cetacean
Society (ECS). The workshop, which will take place in San
Sebastian, Spain in
April, has the theme “Selection Criteria for Marine Protected Areas
for Cetaceans” and Chris has been asked to give a short review of
some of the legal issues involved in establishing marine protected
areas in domestic legislation.
Papers from the workshop will be published in proceedings to be
presented at the 2008 meeting of the ASCOBANS Advisory Committee.