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Seminar. Abstract of the Paper (not exceeding 300 words) on identified sub-themes shall
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Director of the Seminar
THE TAMIL NADU DR.
AMBEDKAR LAW
UNIVERSITY,
CHENNAI – 600028
P.G. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
AND LEGAL ORDER
Organizes
UGC Sponsored
One Day National Seminar
on
“Marine Biodiversity Conservation and
Law : Issues and Challenges”
on
the eve of
Co-ordinators
Prof. Dr. D. Gopal, M.A, M.L, Ph.D.,
Seminar Director & Head,
P.G.Dept. of Environmental Law & Legal Order,
The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University,
No.5, D.G.S. Dinakaran Salai, Chennai - 600 028.
Mobile No: +91- 9444571101
Email :- directorseminar@gmail.com
Mr.S. Amirthalingam,
Asst. Professor, TNDALU,
Chennai, Ph: 9444020960
Mr.P. Sakthivel,
Asst. Professor, TNDALU,
Chennai, Ph: 9894159585
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ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY
The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University a premier institution for
legal education, established in the year 1997 in pursuance of the Tamil Nadu Act No.
43 of 1997. His Excellency Shri. K.R. Narayanan, the then President of India
inaugurated it on September 9, 1997. As a sui generis model, the University is the
first of its kind in the country offering Legal education both on its campus and
through the affiliated law colleges in the State of Tamil Nadu. It is endowed with the
authority to grant affiliation to law colleges in the state, to promote legal education,
to institute Degrees, titles, Diplomas, other academic distinctions and to pursue
higher Legal Research. All the seven Government Law Colleges and one Private
Law College stand affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University. The
University has established the School of Excellence in Law in the University
campus. In the race for reaching heights in legal education and legal specializations,
the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University is in the forefront with renewed
efforts in offering quality education, skills, training and furthering the focus on the
Post Graduate studies in Law with the visionary leadership of its present Vice
Chancellor Prof.Dr.P.Vanangamudi.
THEME OF THE SEMINAR
Marine biodiversity refers to the variety of all biological life in coastal and
ocean environment which includes plants, animals, fungi and micro organisms, the
genes they contain and the ecosystem they live. The ocean environment also includes
the non-living materials like minerals, airocks, soil, sand, temperature, salinity and
pressure. A ocean biome is both biotic and abiotic factors. The oceans cover 70% of
our planet and hence the amount of life in oceans is enormous. Scientists estimate
that oceans contain more than one million species and report that less than onequarter of these have been identified. Undiscovered ocean biodiversity has the
potential to transform medicine, industry, environmental remediation and energy
production, but this marine population and their supporting ecosystems are now
subject to multitude of threats most notably by pollution, habitat destruction, fishing
and climate change. Most global marine and assessments that have been conducted
during the last few years have found serious declines in marine living resources,
losses of coastal habitats and overall deterioration of the marine environment.
The intensity and scale of anthropogenic impacts in the global ocean have
increased decade by decade and it was vivid during the industrial area. These historic
impacts crumble the coastal marine biodiversity, including mangroves, sea grasses,
coral reef. Ocean resources are also part of marine biodiversity. The ocean is one of
Earth’s most valuable natural resources. Oceans are mined for minerals like salt,
sand, gravel and some manganese, copper, nickel, iron and cobalt. The ocean plays a
critical role in removing carbon from the atmosphere and providing oxygen. It
regulates Earth’s climate. The ocean is an increasingly important source of
biomedical organisms with enormous potential for fighting disease. Loses of marine
biodiversity are highest in coastal areas largely as a result of conflicting uses of
coastal habitats. Wetland areas, estuaries, sea grass beds which are known to be key
necessary areas for the coastal fisheries are being destroyed rapidly. The marine
pollution is at an alarming rate. The marine pollution is caused broadly by three
human activities like maritime trade, exploitation of ocean resources and on-land
coastal development.
Some legal measures have already been taken at international level to
protect marine biodiversity and to conserve the natural resources of the ocean. Apart
from the biodiversity convention (CBD), the UN Convention on Law of Sea
(UNCLOS, 1982) is a major international legal control in the protection and
conservation of marine biodiversity. IUCN has recently produced comprehensive
analysis of Law of Sea. The other legal instruments relating to marine biodiversity
conservation are Ramsar Convention 1971, Ramsar Protocol 1981, World Cultural
and Natural Heritage, 1972 Convention on International Trade in Endangered species
of World Fauna and Flora, 1973 (CITES) and Convention on conservation of
migrated species of Wild animals, 1979. In spite of Several Conventions and
commitments, the world community is unable to control the over exploitation of
ocean and marine resources. Therefore, it is the need of the hour to address and
discuss the above issues and challenges in order to adopt sustainable principles and
legal strategies by the academicians, lawyers, research scholars, students, NGOs,
social Activists, Policy makers, biotechnologists, biologists, environmentalists,
Human rights activists and officials of government departments, civil societies and
other related professionals. With this backdrop, the P.G Department of
Environmental Law and Legal Order, TNDALU, Chennai has proposed to organize
One Day National Seminar on “Marine Biodiversity Conservation and Law:
Issues and Challenges” on 5th June, 2014 on the eve of World Environment Day
with the following sub-themes:
SUB THEMES OF THE SEMINAR
 Marine Biodiversity Food Resources – Agriculture, Live stock and fish
 Marine Biodiversity – Marine Organisms and Biomedical research
 Coastal Zone Management, Ecosystems and Habitats
 Exploitation of Minerals and Energy Resources
 Marine Living Resources – Exploitation and Conservation
 Marine Pollution and Controls
 Marine Biodiversity and Marine Tourism
 Maritime Trade and Development
 Disposal of Waste and Absorption
 Sustainable fishery and aquaculture
 Marine Ecology and Oceanography
 Sea level rise – issues
 International Conventions on Biodiversity
 Seabed Authority
 Disasters and Loss of Marine Biodiversity