An Examination of Children’s Environmental Attitudes as a Function of Participation in Environmental Education Programs

Coastal law is a relatively new legal field straddling other areas of law, namely environmental, private (torts, property), public (constitutional, administrative, planning), natural resources (oil and gas, fisheries), maritime and international law (law of the sea). Since the 1980s numerous countries (including states or provinces in federal countries) have adopted dedicated statutes as framework and tools for national or local coastal management. These statutes frequently constitute attempts at integrated coastal law-making and deserve scrutiny as important tools for coastal management. This paper is the result of a comparative law research project inventorying and analyzing coastal statutes and identifying trends in over forty countries. Statutes from different legal systems, including common law, civil law, socialist law and mixed legal systems are studied. The paper identifies trends in: (1) interpretation and implementation of integration; (2) application of the Rio principles of sustainable development; (3) the institutional framework for management, including lead roles and coordination; (4) degree of coordination with other statutes; (5) conflict management; (6) international issues, such as transboundary management matters with neighboring countries. The paper concludes with opportunities, constraints and options for legal strategies in support of integrated coastal management. CASE STUDIES OF STATE-LEVEL MARINE MANAGED AREA (MMA) SYSTEMS Braxton Davis, University of South Carolina John Lopez, NOAA/National Ocean Service