The Maritime Public Domain - concept and implementation in diferent national legal systems.
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Do*Mar/ Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
The Maritime Public Domain - concept and implementation in different national legal systems.
According to the OECD (OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Portugal 2011), Portugal has been a world pioneer in what concerns to the development of laws to protect coastal zones. This statement is related to the development and implementation of the Maritime Public Domain (MPD), which was introduced in Portuguese legal system in 1864 and still remains applicable today.
Due to a part of the research under my PhD programme, focused on the legal concept of MPD and its role on protection of coastal and estuarine natural resources, the paper will present a comparison between Portuguese MPD and other equivalent or similar concepts in foreign legal systems.
The paper will also describe how the ownership (public vs. private) of coastal and estuarine margins is seen in some legal systems, considering the contribution of MPD to the protection of estuarine water and to the biodiversity resources.
Keywords:
maritime public domain,
MPD,
estuarine margins,
coastal margins,
comparative law
Conference:
IMMR | International Meeting on Marine Research 2014, Peniche, Portugal, 10 Jul - 11 Jul, 2014.
Presentation Type:
Poster Presentation
Topic:
BIODIVERSITY, CONSERVATION AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT
Citation:
Antunes
MG and
Fidélis
T
(2014). The Maritime Public Domain - concept and implementation in diferent national legal systems..
Front. Mar. Sci.
Conference Abstract:
IMMR | International Meeting on Marine Research 2014.
doi: 10.3389/conf.fmars.2014.02.00090
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Received:
11 May 2014;
Published Online:
18 Jul 2014.
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Correspondence:
Dr. Marco G Antunes, Do*Mar/ Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, m.antunes@ua.pt