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Balancing The Tensions Between Shipping And Marine Environmental Protection In The Straits Of Malacca And Singapore: Have The Straits Reached An Environmental Tipping Point?, Mohd Mohd Rusli
Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive)
Having reputations as two of the world's most critical straits for international shipping activities, the problem of vessel-source pollution has always been endemic in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore. With the projected steady increase of navigational traffic through the Straits of Malacca and Singapore each year, this situation would eventually create more intricate situations for the littoral States of the Straits, namely Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore especially in maintaining the marine environment of the Straits from vessel-source pollution. Therefore, this article ventures into possible shipping control mechanisms available to the littoral States, namely measures provided by the IMO and …
Identifying Links Between Ecosystem Services And Aboriginal Well-Being And Livelihoods In North Australia: Applying The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Framework, K K. Sangha, J.R.A Butler, Aurelie Delisle, Owen Stanley
Identifying Links Between Ecosystem Services And Aboriginal Well-Being And Livelihoods In North Australia: Applying The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Framework, K K. Sangha, J.R.A Butler, Aurelie Delisle, Owen Stanley
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
The livelihoods and well-being of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities in remote and rural northern Australia are dependent upon the ecosystem services provided by tropical ecosystems. The well-being of all Australian citizens is measured by the Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS) using socio-economic indicators. In this study we investigated the importance of non-market benefits derived from ecosystem services for Aboriginal well-being. Through a case study with the Mullunburra-Yidinji people in the Wet Tropics, Queensland, we applied the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) framework to identify the links between ecosystem services and the MA’s six constituents of human well-being. The study demonstrated that …