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Principles And Practice For The Equitable Governance Of Transboundary Natural Resources: Cross-Cutting Lessons For Marine Fisheries Management, Brooke M. Campbell, Quentin A. Hanich
Principles And Practice For The Equitable Governance Of Transboundary Natural Resources: Cross-Cutting Lessons For Marine Fisheries Management, Brooke M. Campbell, Quentin A. Hanich
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Conflicts over the equitability of transboundary natural resource conservation and management schemes have created barriers to effective policy implementation and practice. In seeking to overcome these barriers in the context of progressing transboundary oceanic fisheries conservation, we explore the divide between equity as defined in principle and as applied in practice in international policy and law. Searching for cross-cutting lessons and themes, we first review multilateral environmental agreements to see how equity is commonly being defined, understood, and then applied in principle. From this analysis, we identify common elements that can facilitate the conceptual framing and application of equitable principles …
Strengthened Enforcement Enhances Marine Sanctuary Performance, Brendan P. Kelaher, Andrew Page, Matt Dasey, David Maguire, Andrew D. Read, Melinda A. Coleman
Strengthened Enforcement Enhances Marine Sanctuary Performance, Brendan P. Kelaher, Andrew Page, Matt Dasey, David Maguire, Andrew D. Read, Melinda A. Coleman
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© 2015 The Authors. Marine sanctuaries are areas where the extraction of biota is not permitted. Although most marine sanctuaries have a positive influence on biotic communities, not all sanctuaries are meeting their conservation objectives. Amidst possible explanations (e.g., size, age and isolation), insufficient enforcement is often speculated to be a key driver of marine sanctuary underperformance. Despite this, there are few studies directly linking quantitative enforcement data to changes in biotic communities within marine sanctuaries. Here, we used an asymmetrical-BACI experimental design from 2006-2012 to test whether new enforcement initiatives enhanced abundances of target fishes and threatened species in …
Marine Protected Areas - Developing Regulatory Frameworks For Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, Robin M. Warner
Marine Protected Areas - Developing Regulatory Frameworks For Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, Robin M. Warner
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The increasing intensity and impacts of human activities in the global oceans pose significant threats to the extensive repository of marine species, habitats and ecosystems in the vast marine areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ). This article examines the scope of these threats and the role of areas based management mechanisms such as marine protected areas (MPAs) in addressing those threats. It discusses the law and policy rationale for establishing MPAs in ABNJ and some regional examples of MPA designation in the North East Atlantic, the Mediterranean, Antarctica and the Sargasso Sea. Finally it reviews global initiatives in the United Nations …
Contagious Exploitation Of Marine Resources, Hampus B. Eriksson, Henrik Osterblom, Beatrice Crona, Max Troell, Neil L. Andrew, James Wilen, Carl Folke
Contagious Exploitation Of Marine Resources, Hampus B. Eriksson, Henrik Osterblom, Beatrice Crona, Max Troell, Neil L. Andrew, James Wilen, Carl Folke
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Global seafood sourcing networks are expanding to meet demand. To describe contemporary fishery expansion patterns, we analyzed the worldwide exploitation of sea cucumber (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) traded via Hong Kong for consumers in China. In just 15 years (1996-2011), the sea cucumber sourcing network expanded from 35 to 83 countries; sea cucumber fisheries serving the Chinese market now operate within countries cumulatively spanning over 90% of the world's tropical coastlines. The emergence of such fisheries in nations where they were previously absent could not be explained either by their national governance capacity or by their distance from Hong Kong. Surging imports …