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The Governance of International Spaces

Summary

Nearly 75% of the Earth’s surface lies outside national boundaries and thus outside national laws and governance. This surface of water and ice, stretching from the poles to the equator and upwards from the sea bed to outer space, encompasses what are called “International Spaces” and their sustainability is crucial to all life on Earth.Although these regions and their resources lie beyond national frontiers they connect into a seamless whole with national jurisdictions so that the global future can be properly served by consensus management of these extra-territorial spaces. A most pressing example at present is the global atmosphere. International treaties have been laboriously negotiated to deal with some areas of international space (for example the Outer Space Treaty and the Antarctic Treaty), whilst others have dealt with the interconnected effects of national activities on the spaces (Trans-boundary Pollutants, London Dumping Convention) or of disputed jurisdictional boundaries (Law of the Sea). Each of these treaties considers its own objectives only and there has been little attempt to recognise the need for an holistic approach to management of these international spaces and their resources.The Foundation for Good Governance of International Spaces is a registered charity and aims to be a new focus for bringing together the fragmented parts, for stimulating discussion between disciplines and nationalities, and for looking for new applications for those approaches that have been shown to work. Its objectives are the advancement of environmental protection or improvement by:* Advancing education and raising awareness; and the

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Speakers

Ms. Helen Campbell SCADM Deputy Chief Officer, United Kingdom
Alan Cooper U.S. Geological Survey
Peter Barrett Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University, New Zealand
Robert DeConto Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts
Robert Dunbar Environmental Earth Systems Science, Stanford University
Carlota Escutia Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (IACT), Spain
Dr. Martin Seigert Head of the School of GeoSciences
Nigel Wardell Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Italy
Jon Childs U.S. Geological Survey
John Hocevar Oceans Director
Allison Kole Campaigns Assistant, Science and the Governance of International Commons
Igor Krupnik Smithsonian Institution
Mr. Michael Lang Director, Smithsonian Marine Science Network; Director, Smithsonian Scientific Diving program; Office of the Under Secretary for Science, Smithsonian Institution, United States
Scott E. Miller Smithsonian Institution
Mr. Michael Lang Director, Smithsonian Marine Science Network; Director, Smithsonian Scientific Diving program; Office of the Under Secretary for Science, Smithsonian Institution, United States
Martin Sayer NERC Facility for Scientific Diving, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom
Rafael Lemaitre Smithsonian Institution
Valery Lukin Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Russian Antarctic Expedition
Robert A. McCabe
Anita Dey Nuttall Canadian Circumpolar Institute, University of Alberta
Frank Rack ANDRILL Science Management Office, University of Nebraska Lincoln
Laura De Santis Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale GS, Italy
Richard Levy GNS Science, New Zealand
Tim Naish Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Robert DeConto Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts
Carlota Escutia Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (IACT), Spain
Tina Tin Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC)
Rupert Summerson Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Professor David Walton Professor Emeritus, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Julie A Hambrook Berkman Foundation for the Good Governance of International Spaces
Dr. Michele Zebich-Knos Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, USA

Schedule

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