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The last chapter summarizes the findings by formulating 15 pointy theses. Most importantly that the whole States community is obliged to adopt national and international legislation for the protection of the marine environment, an obligation which prevails over all other regulations in the Law of the Sea.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Untermeyer (1920), V. 1–2.

  2. 2.

    https://www.un.org/depts/los/global_reporting/WOA_RegProcess.htm.

  3. 3.

    https://www.cbd.int/doc/press/2017/pr-2017-06-05-mpa-pub-en.pdf.

  4. 4.

    See Sect. 2.1.1.

  5. 5.

    Harrison (2017), p. 1; Hafner (2006), p. 355, mn. 1.

  6. 6.

    https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/anthropocene/.

  7. 7.

    Stephens (2018), pp. 121 f.; https://www.britannica.com/science/Anthropocene-Epoch; Rothwell et al. (2015), p. 898; https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/anthropocene/.

  8. 8.

    Scovazzi (2004), p. 6.

  9. 9.

    https://www.sydney.edu.au/environment-institute/opinion/international-law-and-the-anthropocene/.

  10. 10.

    See Sect. 2.2.1.4.

  11. 11.

    Wolfrum (1990), p. 308.

  12. 12.

    Wolfrum (1990), p. 308.

  13. 13.

    Stephens (2018), p. 124.

  14. 14.

    https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/ocean-oxygen.html.

  15. 15.

    Stephens (2018), p. 121.

  16. 16.

    See the section ‘Global Ban Necessary for Enforcement’ in Chap. 6.

  17. 17.

    See Sect. 7.1.2.1.

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von Rebay, A. (2023). Conclusion and Summary in Theses. In: The Designation of Marine Protected Areas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29175-3_8

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