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This is the authors' accepted manuscript of an article that has been published in its final definitive form by South China Sea Institute, Xiamen University, 2022.
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The importance of the oceans is a topic of increasing significance to a wide range of sectoral actors from environmentalists, marine scientists, security analysts, climate change activists, public and private fisheries organisations. The oceans are also areas designated as the common heritage of mankind, and historically and still today, areas in which competing powers seek to achieve dominance. The Pacific is one of those oceans. It covers approximately 15% of the Earth’s surface, it is 165.2 km2 in size and is home to a population of approximately 2.3 million people living on scattered, often very small, islands. Pacific islanders reached these islands by navigating the vast ocean; most live within a few kilometres of the coast; the ocean is associated with their stories of origin, their ancestors and is essential to their survival. But it also poses risks, either directly, or through the interventions of others. Rising seas as a result of climate change are one example. Depleting stocks of fish due to over-fishing and illegal, unregulated fishing are another. Pollution from land-based extractive activities, tourist development and growing populations pose further risks as do the potential environmental impacts of deep-sea mining. This paper considers the long-standing relationship of Pacific islanders with the oceans that surround them, the threats they face and the strategies that are being adopted to secure sustainable futures for the next generations of islanders.
Author(s): Farran S
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: China Oceans Law Review
Year: 2022
Volume: 18
Pages: 1-46
Print publication date: 15/07/2022
Acceptance date: 08/01/2022
Date deposited: 01/09/2022
ISSN (print): 1813-7350
ISSN (electronic): 2518-6906
Publisher: South China Sea Institute, Xiamen University
URL: https://colr.xmu.edu.cn/2021/1101/c4475a457242/page.htm
ePrints DOI: 10.57711/m843-1d57
Notes: This article is published in Chinese and English Please see this link to publication host site https://heinonline.org/HOL/Index?index=journals/cholr&collection=journals
