Understanding Regional EEZ ,Offshore Hydrocarbons , Seabed Mining & Offshore Wind Energy Offshore Wind Energy in India emerged from nascent ocean exposure or deployment of offshore infrastructure in India replete with social and environmental challenges. India’s lengthy coastline possesses extensive offshore wind energy potential supported by almost 2.3 million sq.km of exclusive economic zones .
Territorial Waters and Maritime Zones Act, 1976 (of 22 December 1976) Short title and commencement 1. (1) This Act may be called the Territorial Waters and Maritime Zones Act, 1976. (2) It shall come into force at once. Territorial waters 2. (1) The sovereignty of Pakistan extends and has always extended to the territorial waters
International Seabed Authority The International Seabed Authority (ISA) Assembly of 168 member states met in Jamaica recently to regulate deep-sea mining however the progressive regulatory proposals of Chile, Vanuatu, Palau, France and Costa Rica were unfortunately vetoed and critical ocean environmental issues adjourned by the Assembly to next year. Calls for a precautionary pause or
Inland Waterways Role in Reducing Carbon Print , Environmental Degradation , Coastal Flooding, Marine Conservation ,Offsetting the Impact of Climate Change with Key Factor Being Logistic Costs Overview of Inland Waterways In Europe the inland waterways transport (IWT) infrastructure network is 23,506 km long. Water levels in Western Europe and Germany’s river Rhine , an integral
Deep Subtidal Waters The Roberts Bank Terminal 2 (project) has been approved to be developed as a marine container terminal on Canada’s West coast. Its location in deep subtidal waters is designed to minimize environmental effects. The burden will not be on the taxpayer as the port authority will finance the project. The federal government
Carbon Sequestration Credit Carbon Brief There is a scientific consensus that tree and foliage coverage sequesters carbon and reduces the carbon print brought on by burning of fossil fuels. Afforestation is a climate mitigation tool. Trees can store carbon for decades if not longer. Theoretically planting one trillion trees would reduce global warming trend by
