A study on the development of marine functional zoning in China and its guiding principles for Pakistan

Ullah, Zafar; Wen, Wu; Peifang, Guo; Jian, Yu

doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.04.017

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“…Under this Act, provincial governments have been given the authority to designate SEZs within their defined territories. 3 Hence, the allocation of coastal areas for economic activities has intensified social inequality and favored the involvement of hegemonic groups. 40 Furthermore, the Government of Pakistan has established the National Environmental Policy (NEP) 2005 to address environmental issues in the country.…”

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Advancing the initiatives of sustainable coastal and marine areas development in Pakistan through marine spatial planning

Jattak,

Wu,

Gao

et al. 2023

Science Progress

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Coastal states are currently transitioning their traditional socio-economic activities into a single platform to address the emerging issues of the coast and marine environment. For countries like Pakistan, managing multiple coastal and marine activities is a significant challenge. The lack of proper management policies and an inefficient decision-making process put various types of pressure on the ecological functions of Pakistan's coastal and marine areas. The Government of Pakistan has not yet prioritized coastal and marine affairs in its policy agenda, resulting in a halt to the process of sustainable development. Moreover, a lack of financial allocation for large-scale coastal and marine projects, a shortage of trained human resources, insufficient coordination among organizations, and unstable political decisions and governance impede the sustainable delivery of the projects. This paper discusses Pakistan's coastal and marine policy targets and highlights various issues through PESTLE analysis, which encompasses political (P), economic (E), social (S), technological (T), legal (L), and environmental (E) factors that limit the advancement of sustainable coastal and marine development. This paper aims to determine the advantages of adopting marine spatial planning (MSP) in Pakistan and how its implementation can bring social, ecological, and economic prosperity. The study provides a baseline for the country's coastal and marine policymakers regarding the advancement of a blue economy through MSP.

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Advancing the initiatives of sustainable coastal and marine areas development in Pakistan through marine spatial planning

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Gao

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“…The Balochistan coast is situated in the Western part and Sindh coast in the Southern part of the country. The coastal length of Balochistan and Sindh are 776 km and 250 km, respectively (Ullah et al 2017). The two levels of the Pakistani government (i.e.…”

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“…However, decisions regarding resources utilization in the country is inevitable for actors involve in decision making (Ullah et al 2016). Powers in Pakistan are exercised using a top-down approach, in which stakeholders with limited powers have no roles in the planning process (Ullah et al 2016, Ullah et al 2017, Ullah et al 2021. The centralization of powers favors the decisions of dominant groups, thereby limiting stakeholder engagement in and resulting in confrontation amongst the user groups.…”

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Improving coastal and marine resources management through a co-management approach: a case study of Pakistan

Ullah¹,

Wen²,

Wang³

et al. 2022

Environ. Res. Commun.

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Co-management is a system in which resource management responsibilities are shared between the state and user groups. Various national and provincial-level governments separately manage resources along the coastal and marine areas of Pakistan. The country’s existing policy framework is devoid of an integrated management approach, where the participation of real stakeholders in the decision-making process is either disregarded or missing. Therefore, the present study highlights the internal and external constraints of coastal and marine resources management issues in Pakistan and discourses the problems that halt the participation of stakeholders in the decision-making process. This research also confers the potential of a co-management framework through which the coastal and marine resources management structure can be organized to deliver local sustainability in the country. The adoption of a co-management approach in Pakistan’s coastal and marine areas would help to improve the protection and conservation of natural resources via share-based responsibility. Additionally, it provides a baseline to coastal and marine planners in the country to adopt share-based responsibility for resources management to mimic the conflicts amongst users to the environment, and those affected by the decisions can agree to understand or accept common intertwined resources.

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“…erefore, a higher degree of knowledge and function integration is required for the future development of decision support tools. In addition, there are also many decision-making practices in marine management such as dealing with oil spill contingency [17,18], fishery management planning [19][20][21][22], marine zoning decisions [23,24], and nature conservation [25][26][27]. Obviously, different decision-making tools are used, developed and integrated for marine management goals.…”

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Dealing with the Social-Ecological Obstacle: Review of Decision-Making Approaches in Marine Management

Zhou

Chen

Shu

2022

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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Occupying the same crucial position as land resources, ecological resources originate from the marine system nourish various aspects of human welfare and the world economy. It is significant to apply efficient decision-making approaches, which assist with the achievements of sustainable development and environmental protection. This paper aims to review decision-making approaches in marine management and present a comprehensive bibliometric study. To achieve this goal, bibliometric analysis is used to analyze the current status and emerging trends in this field, including the cluster network, the collaboration network, and burst detection. The results show that the number of publications in this field has increased rapidly, and it has become an increasing interdisciplinary research subject. Besides, marine conservation is the largest clusterand the USA is the most productive country in marine management research and the marine policy and NOAA are the most productive journal and institution, respectively. Furthermore, “Diversity,” “Management,” and “Population” are the most influential keywords, and “People” and “Public participation” are the emerging trends in decision-making and marine management. Our work clarifies where we are now in terms of marine management and decision-making and how do they serve each other to achieve sustainable development. More importantly, some deep insights could be given that motivate researchers to learn the connections and collaborations between natural science and social study, which is our effort to deal with the social-ecological obstacle as well.

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A study on the development of marine functional zoning in China and its guiding principles for Pakistan

Cited by 17 publications

References 19 publications

Advancing the initiatives of sustainable coastal and marine areas development in Pakistan through marine spatial planning

Advancing the initiatives of sustainable coastal and marine areas development in Pakistan through marine spatial planning

Improving coastal and marine resources management through a co-management approach: a case study of Pakistan

Dealing with the Social-Ecological Obstacle: Review of Decision-Making Approaches in Marine Management

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