This advisory provides a high-level overview of executive orders (EOs) and Presidential memoranda related to environment, ...

Under the 1982 U.N. convention, a coastal state could have exclusive rights to exploit resources in its continental shelf, a vast stretch of seabed that can extend up to 350 nautical miles (648 ...

Sovereignty and influence over natural resources is at the heart of most ... Of particular significance is the UNCLOS Convention on the Continental Shelf, and Article 76, which defines legal ...