The oceanic circle

Summary: "This book's title is taken from Mohandas Gandhi's comparison of the social order to the ever-widening circles that result when a stone is dropped in the ocean. This human order encompasses the individual, the village, the nation, the region, and the global community. Just such an order is now emerging in the context of ocean governance, generated by the United Nations' 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea and the subsequent conventions, agreements and programmes following the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. ... Such an order is needed to solve the most urgent problems of over-fishing and stock depletion; pollution from oceanic, atmospheric and land-based sources; climate and sea-level changes; and biodiversity conservation."--Publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 9789280810288
ISBN: 9280810286
ISBN: 9789280810134
ISBN: 9280810138
ISBN: 1461903564 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781461903567 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 240 p.) : ill.
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electronic resource
Publisher: Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, 1998.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-234) and index.
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Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
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Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access restricted by subscription. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
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Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.