Cymie Payne

Rutgers University

Cymie R. Payne is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Ecology at Rutgers University and the School of Law – Camden. She is known for her work on global governance of the environment and natural resources and the consequent evolution of international law, with a focus on climate change, ocean resources and protection of the environment in relation to armed conflict.

Cymie Payne's Articles

Environmental Law

The Other 46 Percent: New Law of the Sea Negotiation on High Seas Biodiversity

January 4, 2018

Don’t the high seas seem less remote than they used to? Many of us have gazed out an airplane window on an intercontinental flight and seen the featureless ocean below (and wondered if there is really a life vest strapped under our seat). That contemplative moment might have led us to worry whether our soda…