Author(s)

Wu Wei ¹, Wang Zihao ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ China Institute of Boundary and Ocean Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430000, China

Corresponding Author

Wu Wei

ABSTRACT

The South China Sea plays an important role in the development of the coastal states, the region and even the world by virtue of its rich biological and oil and gas resources and convenient shipping lanes. In recent years, the ecological environment of the South China Sea has been facing increasingly severe impacts and challenges due to complex reasons. This article will analyse the security problems and challenges in the field of environmental protection in the South China Sea, starting from the unique geographical location and international status of the South China Sea, and combining with the new situation, new circumstances, and new problems in the South China Sea region that have emerged in the recent past. At the same time, the article will summarise the existing governance mechanisms in the field of environmental protection in the South China Sea, as well as the problems and deficiencies of these mechanisms. Finally, this article will combine the security problems and challenges in the field of environmental protection in the South China Sea and the existing governance mechanisms, and put forward proposals for environmental protection in the South China Sea from both the Chinese domestic and international levels, so as to promote the construction of a new type of environmental governance mechanism in the South China Sea.

KEYWORDS

South China Sea; Environmental protection; Governance mechanisms; Maritime community with a shared future

CITE THIS PAPER

Wu Wei, Wang Zihao. Study on Environmental Governance Mechanisms in the South China Sea. Science of Law Journal (2024) Vol. 3: 74-79. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/DOI: 10.23977/law.2024.030611.

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