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British Institute of International and Comparative Law | |
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Academic institution
dealing with comparative law as well as public and private international
law; discussion forum, research organization, publisher, training and
advice centre; abstracts from the International and Comparative Law
Quarterly; articles and seminars on law of the sea |
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Global Oceanographic Data Archaeology and Rescue (GODAR) | |
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Seeks to increase
volume of historical oceanographic data available on climate change and
other researches by locating data sets not yet in digital form and
ensuring their submission to one of the data centers; part of the
United States' NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center |
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Kodeks Law Information Center, Russia |
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Bilingual (English and Russian) legal database; Russian
legislation on, inter alia, continental shelf; seabed, living
resources; archive of Russian legislation |
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NOAA Central Library (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration), USA | |
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Links to all NOAA
library resources; photo collection, NOAA Historical Map & Chart
Collection; Indexes, Journals, and Newspapers, NOAA Central Library
Bibliographies, NOAA Newsletters, Government Depository Collection;
national and international information programs |
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NOAA Photo Library (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration), USA | |
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Links to over 16,000
images of fish, deep sea creatures, hydrothermal vents, underwater
volcanoes, ocean sanctuaries, ships, etc. |
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Oceans & Coastal Resources: A Briefing Book - NCSE, Washington, USA | |
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National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE),
Congressional Research Service Report 97-588 ENR; full book available
online; in-depth background materials cover coastal issues, living
resources, climate change, science, minerals and energy, Antarctica, law
of the sea, UNCED, U.S. legislation; links to many issues and
organizations |
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Scripps Library, Collections and Local Data Servers | |
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Electronic journals, archives, maps, databases and CD-ROMs | |
Publishers and Journals
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American Society of International Law | |
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Legal references;
publisher of the American Journal of International Law - Current and Recent AJIL Contents with
abstracts are available on-line; publisher of International Legal Materials with tables of
contents 1997-present available online |
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Elsevier Science | |
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Many law of the sea
materials; bibliographical information, tables of contents, abstracts,
full text, sample copies; publisher of the journals Marine
Policy and Ocean &
Coastal Management and has tables of contents available online |
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Kluwer Academic Publishers | |
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Many law of the sea
materials; bibliographical information; publisher of: International
Journal of Marine and Coastal Law (online tables of contents 1995
to present) and book series International Organizations and
the Law of the Sea - Documentary Yearbook; Kluwer ALERT e-mail
alerting system delivers updates about new publications, as well as
forthcoming articles from any of Kluwer’s Journals |
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Martinus Nijhoff publishers | |
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Books on law of the
sea; bibliographical information; publisher of United Nations Convention on
the Law of the Sea 1982, A Commentary
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Oceana Publications | |
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Publishes law of the sea materials |
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Taylor & Francis Group | |
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Publishes Coastal Management,
Marine Geodesy,
Marine
Georesources and Geotechnology, Maritime Policy
and Management and Ocean
Development & International Law; includes online tables of
contents 1999 to present; SARA e-mail
alerting system delivers free tables of contents when new issues are
published |
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Legal Databases and Search Engines
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BAILII - British and Irish Legal Information Institute | |
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England, Wales,
Scotland, Northern Ireland and Irish legal databases; contains search
engine; texts of cases and legislation on fisheries, marine environment,
shipping from 1860s to present; case law and legislation |
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Globelaw | |
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Database featuring
international, environmental and transnational law, as well as
multilateral conventions and national legal materials including law of the
sea |
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Lex Mercatoria | |
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A multi-university consortium that monitors public international law and trade law; search engine; includes marine transportation, insurance and liability; links to associations | |
Lists of Links
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Acronym Search Engine | |
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Multi-lingual acronym
search engine with links; covers marine-related organizations, programmes
and titles available through the Intergovernmental Oceanographic
Commission of UNESCO |
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EurOcean Portal - European centre for information on marine science and technology | |
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EurOcean is a focal point for information in Europe on marine science and technology. One of its functions is to be the IOC regional portal for Europe. The EurOcean portal provides information in three main domains: marine research infrastructures, national and European RTD programmes. | |
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Fisheries, Aquaculture and Oceans Links - International Development Research Centre, Canada | |
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Links by Canadian
Government created public corporation to help developing communities find
solutions to social, economic, and environmental problems through
research; extensive list of links to schools, programmes and institutes |
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IMO Library of Links - Directory of Maritime Links | |
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Links on various
subject areas covered by the mandate of IMO as well as lists of
maritime-related links organized by country |
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Marine Sciences Portal for the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean. | |
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The eSeFDee Marine Sciences
Portal is the continuation of the former links pages of the Sea Fisheries
Department (CLO-SFD, Oostende, Belgium). The portal site is offered as a
free service to the marine scientific community, to managers and decision
makers, and in general, to anyone interested in the North Atlantic and the
Mediterranean. |
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Marine and Coastal Program, Tufts University, USA | |
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Links to multilateral
treaties, conventions, agreements and protocols dealing with marine and
coastal issues from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy's Multilaterals
Project |
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Miral - International Law of the Sea pages, Croatia | |
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List of links to law
of the sea organizations, agreements; subjects including Croatia and
Adriatic Sea (Croatian and English) |
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NASA Marine Science Educational Links | |
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Ocean-related
educational site links at NASA's Marine Science Educational URLs; sites of
interest to students and teachers of the marine sciences include marine
science institutions and centres, links to marine life and marine science
educational resource links |
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Seaweb | |
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List of links; oceans
campaigns; articles, citations, briefings |
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Links List - P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences | |
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List of Links to
national research institutes throughout the world; selected
publications/journals with contents online and/or table of
contents/abstracts |
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World Wide Web Virtual Library: Oceanography, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom | |
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Lists of newsgroups,
mailing lists, electronic publications, societies, conferences and a
subject index |
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Marine and Coastal Project, Tufts University, USA | |
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Links to multilateral
treaties, conventions, agreements and protocols dealing with marine and
coastal issues from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy's Multilaterals
Project |
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Multi-Government and Government/Academic Projects
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ARGO | |
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Multi-national
scientific effort jointly with IOC
and WMO to deploy sophisticated floats
that descend every 10 days to a depth of 2000 feet, gather and transmit
spatial and temporal data on ocean circulation, current velocity, climate,
water salinity; improve calibration of the Jason altimeter mission; allow
for development of a high-resolution ocean analysis and climate model |
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CORE - Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education | |
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Education in
oceanography; government policy reports and speeches; legislative
initiatives |
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CSCAP - Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific | |
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Comprised of some 20
leading academic centres and other research institutes specializing in
Asia-Pacific security matters. Has a Working Group on Maritime
Cooperation which undertakes policy-oriented studies the latest being
the CSCAP Memorandum on Cooperation for Law and Order at Sea. |
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InterRidge | |
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International/interdisciplinary
initiative concerned with all aspects of mid-ocean ridges designed to
encourage scientific and logistical coordination, with particular focus on
problems that cannot be addressed as efficiently by nations acting alone
or in limited partnerships |
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IOM - INTEROCEANMETAL Joint Organization | |
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Intergovernmental
organization with certifying states: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Cuba,
Poland, Russia, and Slovakia granted "Pioneer Investor" status
by the International Seabed Authority
for deep seabed mining in the international seabed Area |
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JASON Project | |
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Case studies of
mounting and conducting virtual in-depth expedition of ocean areas and
environments in various parts of the globe; explores methodologies,
creatures found, scientific apparatus; teaching resources |
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Joint Oceanographic Institutions | |
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Manages worldwide
cooperative research programmes for the oceanographic community including
the ocean drilling ship JOIDES Resolution for the Ocean Drilling Project;
information on member institutions, programmes, publications |
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PROSUR (PROgram for the study of regional climate variability, their prediction and impacts, in the mercoSUR area) | |
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PROSUR is
a Collaborative Research Network (CRN) to promote research into the causes
of climate variability in the Mercosur region of South America;
scientists from the Mercosur countries (Argentina (CIMA), Brazil (CPTEC-INPE),
Paraguay, and Uruguay) lead the effort, and scientists from the United
States (NOAA/ERL/CDC) also participate |
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RIDGE | |
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Initiative to foster
interdisciplinary scientific study of mid-ocean ridge processes; includes
explanation for non-scientists |
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Small Island Developing States (SIDS) | |
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Information on Small
Island Developing States (SIDS), maps, documents, country profiles,
conferences, projects, meetings, photos |
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TOPEX/Poseidon |
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TOPEX/Poseidon is a
French/U.S. project which measures the precise shape of the ocean's
surface; underwater mountains and valleys result in different
gravitational pulls on the ocean so the shape of the sea surface reflects
the seafloor
bathymetry; a component of climate change analyses, ocean circulation;
follow-on will be project Jason-1 |
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Vents Program (Deep Sea Vents) | |
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Ongoing and real-time
studies of submarine volcanoes and hydrothermal venting on global ocean;
near real time images and data; modeling animations of vent processes |
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JASON Project | |
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Case studies of mounting and conducting virtual in-depth expedition of ocean areas and environments in various parts of the globe; explores methodologies, creatures found, scientific apparatus; teaching resources | |
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