Arctic Law and Governance: The Role of China and Finland

by Timo Koivurova (Editor), QIN Tianbao (Editor), Sebastien Duyck (Editor), Tapio Nykänen (Editor)

Overview

The objective of this book is to identify similarities and differences between the positions of Finland (as an EU Member State) and China, on Arctic law and governance. The book compares Finnish and Chinese legal and policy stances in specific policy areas of relevance for the Arctic, including maritime sovereignty, scientific research, marine protected areas, the Svalbard Treaty and Arctic Council co-operation. Building on these findings, the book offers general conclusions on Finnish and Chinese approaches to Arctic governance and international law, as well as new theoretical insights on Arctic governance.

The book is the result of a collaboration between The Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law (Arctic Centre, University of Lapland) and researchers from Wuhan University.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849467025
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/09/2017
Series:	Studies in International Law
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Timo Koivurova is Director and a Research Professor of the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland, Finland.
QIN Tianbao is Professor, Director of the Research Institute of Environmental Law and Associate Dean for the Law School, Wuhan University, China.
Sébastien Duyck is Research Fellow at the Institute of European and International Economic Law, University of Bern, Switzerland and a Visiting Researcher at the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, University of Lapland, Finland.
Tapio Nykänen is Researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Lapland, Finland.

Table of Contents

Foreword - China v

Foreword - Finland vii

Preface ix

Biographies xiii

1 Introduction Timo Koivurova QIN Tianbao Sébastien Duyck Tapio Nykänen 1

Part I Chinese Perspectives

2 Strengthening China's Role in the Arctic Council QIN Tianbao LI Miaomiao 19

3 Legal Issues in Arctic Scientific Research: A Chinese Perspective Ren Sbidan 43

4 Chinese Arctic Discussion-a Micro Reading of World Affairs Julia Jalo Tapio Nykänen 65

5 China and Maritime Sovereignty and Rights Issues in the Arctic Xiaoyi Jiang Xiaoguang Zhou 83

Part II Comparison between Finland and China

6 China and Finland in the Globalised Arctic Lassi Heininen 103

7 A Common Heritage-the Place of the Arctic in the Chinese and Finnish Discourses Tapio Nykänen 131

Part III Comparison between the EU and China

8 China as an Observer in the Arctic Council Timo Koivurova Waliul Hasanat Piotr Graczyk Tuuli Kuusama 153

9 Conservation of Marine Living Resources and Fisheries Management in the Arctic Sébastien Duyck 181

10 Incentives, Practices and Opportunities for Arctic External Actors' Engagement with Indigenous Peoples Adam Stepien 205

11 China and the Development of International Law on Arctic Shipping Nengye Liu Kamrul Hossain 233

12 Concluding Chapter Sébastien Duyck Tapio Nykänen Timo Koivurova QIN Tianbao 253

Index 269