The TerraMar Project
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The TerraMar Project logo | |
| Motto | Sea Hope. Sea Change. Sea Future. |
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| Purpose | Protection of oceans |
| Headquarters | New York, New York |
Region served | Global |
President | Ghislaine Maxwell |
| Website | http://theterramarproject.org |
The TerraMar Project, based in New York, New York, is an environmentalist non-profit organization involved in protecting the world's oceans.[1]
History
TerraMar was founded in September 26, 2012 at the Blue Ocean Film Festival and Conservation Conference in Monterey, California, and focuses on the 64% of the ocean that lies outside any single country's jurisdiction.[2] Their mission is to create a "global ocean community" based around the idea of shared ownership of the global commons, also known as the high seas or international waters.[3]
History of International Waters
The concept of shared ownership stems from the Public Trust Doctrine[4] which can be traced to ancient Roman law, the Institutes of Justinian, 533 AD, that declared: "By the law of nature, these things are common to mankind: the air, running water, the sea, and consequently the shores of the sea."[5] This principle carried through to English Law in the thirteenth century when nobles insisted upon the destruction of fishing weirs which obstructed navigable waterways.[6] Centuries later, in his landmark publication Mare Liberum, Hugo Grotius argued, "That two principles of public law are generally recognized as fundamental. One is the perfect equality and entire independence of all distinct states...The second is... all have an equal right to the uninterrupted use of the unappropriated parts of the ocean for their navigation."[7] Commonly known as "The Father of the Law of the Sea Conference," Arvid Pardo argued, "The sea-bed and the ocean floor are a common heritage of mankind and should be used and exploited for peaceful purposes and for the exclusive benefit of mankind as a whole." [8] In 1982, The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, ratified by more than 160 countries,[9] declared the seabed area, and its mineral resources, as the common heritage of mankind as Mr. Pardo had urged fifteen years earlier. This law requires all activities on the seabed to be carried out for the benefit of all.
Press Coverage
- The National Geographic Explorers Journal held an Earth Day event featuring The TerraMar Project on April 18, 2013.[10]
- CNN International interviewed The TerraMar Project's Founder and President, Ghislaine Maxwell, on April 5, 2013.[11]
- TED talk on The TerraMar Project.[12]
- Huffington Post blog by Samantha Harris.[13]
- Bloomberg TV - taking STOCK interviewed The TerraMar Project's Founder and President, Ghislaine Maxwell, on May 23, 2013.[14]
- Good News Network published an article about The TerraMar Project on August 6, 2012.[15]
- Maximpact Blog published a post about The TerraMar Project on January 27, 2014.[16]
- Origin (Magazine) published an article about The TerraMar Project on December 31, 2013.[17]
- George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight interviewed The TerraMar Project's Founder and President, Ghislaine Maxwell, on July 12, 2012.[18]
- HYLAND Magazine published an article about The TerraMar Project in March 2014.[19]
See also
References
- ↑ "About The TerraMar Project". Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ↑ Platt, John. "TerraMar Project launches to celebrate and protect the world's oceans". Mother Nature Network. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ↑ "The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (historical perspective)". United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ↑ Sax, Joseph L. "The Public Trust Doctrine in Natural Resource Law: Effective Judicial Intervention" (PDF). Michigan Law Review. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ Moyle, J. B. "Justinian, Institutes" (PDF). Oxford, 1911. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ Vincent, Nicholas. "Magna Carta Translation". Sotheby's Inc., 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ Grotius, Hugo. "The Freedom of the Seas". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ United Nations General Assembly, Twenty Second Session. "Agenda Item 92" (PDF). Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ "The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (historical perspective)". United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ↑ Ward, Lauren. "Explorers Journal". Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ↑ Anderson, Becky. "Turning oceans into an online country". Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ↑ Tarlach, Gemma. "TED Day 4: Decoding the Unseen". Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ↑ Harris, Samantha. "Is There Such a Thing As an Oceanic Electorate". Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ↑ "What is The TerraMar Project". Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ↑ Ma, Julie. "The Terramar Project: Become a Citizen and Protector of the High Seas". Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ↑ Maxwell, Ghislaine. "TerraMar: United to Protect our Precious Ocean Resources". Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ↑ "The TerraMar Project". Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ↑ Stroumboulopoulos, George. "The TerraMar Project: Ocean Citizenship With Waterfront Views?". Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ↑ Zeiger, Lisa. "Finis: The TerraMar Project". HYLAND Magazine. HYLAND Publishing. Retrieved 4 April 2014.