The new edition has been extensively re-written and expanded to take into account recent developments and includes a new conclusion on the connections between global and local commons. Involving the first systematic comparative analysis of governance regimes The Global Commons covers:

• The Third Law of the Sea Convention, the deep seabed, whaling and marine pollution regimes
• Antarctica and the Madrid Protocol on Environmental Protection
• Outer space regimes for weapons, the operation of satellites and the emerging problem of orbital debris
• The global atmosphere, the Montreal Protocol for the protection of the stratospheric ozone layer and the developing climate change regime and the Kyoto Protocol

'should be studied by all those who want to understand the limits to collective action on global environmental problems and is a must for every reading list associated with courses on the society-nature interface'
PROGRESS IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

'as a comprehensive and incisive review of much relevant scholarship and case study material, this book should find its way on to core reading lists for environmental management'
AREA

CONTENTS

• Preface
• Table of International Agreements on the Global Commons
• List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
• The Governance of the Commons
• Regime Analysis
• The Oceans
• Antarctica
• Outer Space
• The Atmosphere
• Regime Effectiveness
• Explaining Regime Incidence and Change
• Epilogue.