Richard Barnes is Professor of International Law at the University of Lincoln. He authored Property Rights and Natural Resources (2009). Recent publications include Frontiers in International Environmental Law. Oceans and Climate. Essays in Honour of David Freestone (2021, with Ronan Long), the Research Handbook on Climate Change, Oceans and Coasts (2020, with Jan McDonald and Jeff McGee), and The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: A Living Instrument (2016, with Jill Barrett). Professor Barnes is Current Legal Developments Editor of the International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law. He has advised a range of public and private bodies, including the WWF, the European Parliament, and the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and appeared on numerous occasions before Parliamentary committees to provide expert evidence on fisheries law.