Endangered Species and Fragile Ecosystems in the South China Sea

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Introduction

   • Alfredo C. Robles Jr.

   Pages 1-37

3. Endangered Species, Fragile Marine Ecosystems, and the Philippines

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   Pages 39-86

4. The International Frameworks for the Conservation of Biodiversity and of the Marine Environment

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   Pages 87-131

5. The Protection and Preservation of Endangered Species and Fragile Ecosystems and the Jurisdiction of the Arbitral Tribunal

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   Pages 133-172

6. Endangered Species, Fragile Ecosystems, and the Obligation to Protect and Preserve the Marine Environment

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   Pages 173-277

7. Summary and Conclusions

   • Alfredo C. Robles Jr.

   Pages 279-286

8. Back Matter

   Pages 287-305

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This book presents an in-depth analysis of the environmental issues raised in the South China Sea Arbitration Awards, which have not attracted as much attention in the Philippines as the “nine-dash line”. Specifically it focuses on the conservation of endangered species and the conservation of fragile ecosystems in the South China Sea. 

 The aims of the book are two-fold. First, it seeks to explain the Philippine perspective on the environmental aspects of its dispute with China. The book reconstructs the Philippine perspective in part by consulting several dozens of the hundreds of documents that the Philippines submitted to the Tribunal. Some of these documents were classified as secret and would thus have never been made available to the public had it not been for the arbitration. Second, it attempts to explain the decisions of the Tribunal on jurisdiction and admissibility as well as the decisions on the merits of the dispute. The book does this by consulting not only the two Awards but also the hundreds of pages of transcripts, expert reports, supplemental submissions and written responses by the Philippines to questions posed by the Tribunal.

• Endangered Species in the South China Sea
• Fragile Ecosystems in the South China Sea
• The Ecological Roles of Sea Turtles
• The Economic Importance of Sea Turtles
• The Ecological Roles of Coral Reefs
• The Economic Importance of Coral Reefs
• Military Activities and China’s Island-building
• Law Enforcement Activities and China’s Island-building
• Due Diligence Obligations of the Chinese State
• Island-Building by the Chinese State
• Cyanide and Dynamite Fishing by Chinese Nationals
• Philippines and the South China Sea
• Philippines and Marine Life

• De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines

  Alfredo C. Robles, Jr.

Alfredo C. Robles, Jr. is a University Fellow at De La Salle University, Philippines. He holds doctorate degrees from the Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne), France and Syracuse University, USA. He is the author of French Theories of Regulation and Conceptions of the International Division of Labour (1994), The Political Economy of Interregional Relations: ASEAN and the EU (2004), The Asia-Europe Meeting: The Theory and Practice of Interregionalism (2008), and The South China Sea Arbitration: Understanding the Awards and Debating with China (2018).

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