Scholars@Duke
Emily Melvin

Selected Publications

Fixing Ownership of Mobile Resources? How Intellectual Property Rights Could Complicate Access and Benefits Sharing Regimes for Marine Genetic Resources

Other · March 25, 2025 The new treaty on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ Treaty) marks the first formal attempt to address the global sharing of benefits derived from Marine Genetic Resources (MGRs) of Areas ... Full text Cite

(Un)claiming rights, resources, and ocean spaces: Marine genetic resources and area-based management tools in high seas governance negotiations

Journal Article Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space · September 1, 2023 After years of informal efforts, the parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) are negotiating an international legally binding instrument to address governance gaps that have impeded attempts to conserve biodiversity in areas ... Full text Cite

Architecture and agency for equity in areas beyond national jurisdiction

Journal Article Earth System Governance · August 1, 2022 The United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (Ocean Decade) bring increased attention to various aspects of ocean governance, including equity. One of the Ocean Decade's identif ... Full text Cite

Plastic pollution solutions: emerging technologies to prevent and collectmarineplastic pollution.

Journal Article Environment international · November 2020 As plastic waste accumulates in the ocean at alarming rates, the need for efficient and sustainable remediation solutions is urgent. One solution is the development and mobilization of technologies that either 1)prevent plastics from entering waterways or2 ... Full text Cite

Coming to terms with living shorelines: A scoping review of novel restoration strategies for shoreline protection

Journal Article Frontiers in Marine Science · January 1, 2020 In an era of rapid coastal population expansion and habitat degradation, restoration is becoming an increasingly important strategy for combating coastal habitat loss and maintaining ecosystem services. In particular, techniques that use habitat restoratio ... Full text Cite