Polynesian Natural Resource Law Features

Abstract

The object of the study is the relations of nature management in the Polynesian States, the subject is the legislation and doctrine in the field of exploitation of natural resources of the Polynesian countries: the United States of America (Hawaii, American Samoa, unincorporated territories), the Kingdom of New Zealand (Cook Islands, Niu, Tokelau), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Pitcairn Islands), an Independent State Samoa, the Republic of Kiribati, the Kingdom of Tonga, the Kingdom of Tuvalu, the French Republic (French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna), the Republic of Chile (Isla de Pasqua and Juan Fernandez). The author examines the features of the state natural resource apparatus in various jurisdictions, first of all, the management of the environment and subsoil use by executive authorities. The article examines the institution of ownership of land and subsoil, the permissive procedure for the use of natural objects. In addition to the traditional, the researcher identifies a new type of property – family ownership of land, distinguishing it from communal, tribal and ancestral, and also draws attention to the inequality of ownership forms and discrimination in this area by the English crown of formally independent states and their citizens. The work is a new round in the theory of natural resource law of foreign countries, the relevance of the research is due to the theoretical and practical significance of the content of the article, which reflects domestic economic interests in Oceania. The scientific novelty of the presented work lies in the originality of the conclusions and the work itself, which contains fundamentally new information on the subject of research. This is one of the few scientific publications in the World on the natural resource law of the Polynesian States. The author discusses with foreign scientists, analyzing foreign doctrine and legislation. At the same time, violations are noted in the implementation and implementation of the norms of international maritime law in the Pacific Ocean; the creation by the collective West of natural resource reserves, regulatory legal bases and state mechanisms for the exploitation of the Polynesian environment in case of need (economic need and (or) global conflict).