Environmental Impact Assessment in the Arctic Book

	Acknowledgements	8
	Abbreviations	11
I	Introduction	13
1	Approach of the Thesis	15
2	Structure of the Thesis	23
II	The Legal Status of the Arctic as a Physical Space	25
1	Territorial Sovereignty Over the Physical Space of the Arctic	33
2	Areas of Jurisdictional Competence in the Arctic Waters	49
3	The Overlapping Claims of States to Physical Space in the Arctic	56
4	International Areas	64
III	Intentional Norm-Making in International Law: The Case of Arctic Cooperation	69
1	The Arctic Cooperation Process	70
2	The Creation of Contractual Rules in International Law	95
3	Problems Related to the Legal Status of Instruments Adopted in the Arctic Cooperation Process	102
4	Conclusion	124
IV	Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Norms in the Arctic	128
1	Introduction to the EIA Procedure	131
2	EIA in the Arctic Conditions	135
3	EIA Obligations on the National Environmental Protection Systems of the Arctic States	139
4	EIA Norms in Transboundary Context	181
5	EIA Norms in Transboundary Watercourses	243
6	EIA Norms in International Areas	263
7	Conclusion on the EIA Norms in the Arctic	269
8	EIA Norms in Action in the Arctic: the Case of the Vuotos Reservoir	273
V	Transboundary EIA in the Arctic	287
1	The Development of the Idea of a Transboundary EIA Procedure	287
2	The Espoo Convention	295
3	Conclusion	355
VI	Concluding Remarks	364
	Special Terminology Used in the Thesis	370
	Table of Cases	372
	Index of Treaties and Informal Arrangements	374
	Monographs, Articles etc. Attributable to Authors	392
	Sources of International Legal Materials	434
	Reports and Papers of Organizations, Study Groups etc	435
	Internet Addresses of Organizations Relevant in the Arctic	437
	Index	441