Marine Resource Damage Assessment (eBook)

Frank Maes is professor of Public International Law, in particular International Environmental Law at Ghent University (Belgium) and research director at the Maritime Institute of Ghent University. He is mainly involved in the co-ordination and promotion of research projects on the protection of seas and oceans, fresh water legislation, climate change and sustainable development. He is also frequently acting as advisor to governments and non-governmental organizations on aspects of international environmental law.

Part I. Legal Aspects of Environmental Damage. 1. Estimating damages under the 2004 EC Directive on Environmental Liability; Edward H.P. Brans. 2. Environmental Damage and Belgian Law; Laurent Proot, Hubert Bocken. 3. Compensation for Ecological Damage and Latvian Law; Laila Medin.
Part II. International and Regional Funds for Compensation for Damage to the Marine Environment. 1. Scope of Compensation for Environmental Damage Under the1992 Civil Liability Convention and the 1992 Fund Convention; Joe Nichols. 2. The Canadian SSOP Fund And Environmental Damage Assessment (EDA) in Canada; Ken A. Mac Innis. 3. The Impact of EC Decision-making on the International Regime for Oil Pollution Damage: the Supplementary Fund Example; Gwendoline Gonsaeles.
Part III. Economic Valuation of Damage to the Marine Environment. 1. Economic Assessment of marine Quality Benefits: Applying the use of Non-market Valuation Methods; Paulo A.L.D. Nunes & Arianne T. De Blaeij. 2. A Contingent Valuation Study of an Accidental Oil Spill along The Belgian Coast; Karl Van Biervliet, Dirk Le Roy & Paulo A.L.D. Nunes.
Part IV. Trade-off Between Environmental and Socio-Economic Factors in the Belgian Part of the North Sea. 1. The use of Mathematical Models for Estimating Oil Pollution Damage at Sea; Serge Scory. 2. Socio-economic Value of the Human Activities in the Marine Environment: the Belgian Case; Fanny Douvere.