Adjacency: How legal precedent, ecological connectivity, and Traditional Knowledge inform our understanding of proximity [POLICY BRIEF - UN PrepCom 3]

Dunn, D.; Vierros, Marjo; Freestone, David; Rosenthal, Eric T.; Roady, Stephen E.; Alberini, A.; A.-L, Harrison; Cisneros, A.; Ota, Yoshitaka

doi:10.13140/rg.2.2.21359.12968

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“…[10][11][12] Ocean acidification, marine heatwaves, plastic pollution, and ecological connectivity all transcend political boundaries, making the sustainable governance of marine resources a uniquely international responsibility. [13][14][15][16] The rhetoric of a ''blue economy'' that would combine economic growth with sustainable use is increasingly finding its way into national and international policy documents. 17 Yet this is unfolding in a complex and uncertain governance landscape, 18,19 and concerns have been raised over competing interpretations of what the blue economy entails, and who it is supposed to benefit.…”

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The Blue Acceleration: The Trajectory of Human Expansion into the Ocean

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The Blue Acceleration: The Trajectory of Human Expansion into the Ocean

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“…Maintaining marine biodiversity in these regions is the focus of recently completed intergovernmental negotiations within the framework of the ABNJ treaty, under the UN Convention on the Law Of the Sea (UNCLOS). Successful adoption of the ABNJ treaty and subsequent implementation are dependent on approaches that can effectively combine scientific understanding with the social dimensions of managing the global commons (Dunn et al, 2017;Popova et al, 2019).…”

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Socio-oceanography: an opportunity to integrate marine social and natural sciences

Popova,

Aksenov,

Amoudry

et al. 2023

Front. Mar. Sci.

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Marine natural sciences have been instrumental in helping society understand how ocean systems operate and the threats they face. However, there is a growing realisation that the societal challenges related to the marine environment can only be addressed through more effective integration with all aspects of social sciences. Nevertheless, to date, social sciences remain insufficiently integrated into marine research. Recognising historical weaknesses and drawing on the authors’ own experience of interdisciplinary research, albeit writing primarily from a natural marine science perspective, we propose a series of steps to promote integrated marine research inclusive of strong social science. We suggest that changing the perspectives and attitudes of natural scientists is key. The inherent interconnectivity between the ocean and society ensures that nearly everything we do in the marine natural sciences has the potential to influence and, perhaps address, ongoing and future societal challenges. Consequently, a key challenge for natural scientists is to recognise and communicate this in an accessible manner outside their own disciplines. To attempt to address these issues, we introduce the concept of “Socio-oceanography” which we define as an area of research that takes a “whole system” approach to the marine environment. It focuses on the challenges which require advancement of both natural and social science components, especially on those where the feedbacks between social and natural components are beginning to emerge. Here, we discuss its scope, challenges to its effective application and key steps to catalyse interdisciplinary approaches using this concept.

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“…Indirect harm to indigenous peoples can be reduced. Sections of UNCLOS may support heightened rights of adjacent coastal states and indigenous peoples if their coastal communities value and depend on highly migratory species culturally, socially, and economically, including for their food security, and when the life histories of such species span entire oceans and encounter threats and pressures beyond the control of any one entity (Dunn 2017). Impacts on food species such as tuna might be largely avoided by discharging riser water below 1000 m (van der Grient & Drazen, 2021), but near-surface impacts typical of ship operations could affect them and nonfood species, including noise (Erbe et al, 2019;Jones, 2019;Weilgart, 2018), lights (Miller et al, 2017), exhaust emissions, wastewater discharge, and the possibility of oil spills.…”

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“…Indigenous peoples are guaranteed opportunities for input to ABNJ resource issues, both as humans (Hunter et al, 2018) and because their traditional knowledge can broaden the diversity of perspectives and solutions for ABNJ resource governance (Dunn et al, 2017; see also Tilot et al, 2021). Additionally, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UN, 2007) codifies the standard for states to obtain "free, prior and informed consent" from indigenous peoples before initiating or approving projects with potential harmful impacts on their traditional lands, territories, and resources, although notably, it does not provide a right for groups' direct consultation with the ISA, other than through the state.…”

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Ethical opportunities in deep‐sea collection of polymetallic nodules from the Clarion‐Clipperton Zone

Katona

Paulikas

Stone

2021

Integr Envir Assess & Manag

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Infrastructure supporting the transition of human societies from fossil fuels to renewable energy will require hundreds of millions of tons of metals. Polymetallic nodules on the abyssal seabed of the Clarion‐Clipperton Zone (CCZ), eastern North Pacific Ocean, could provide them. We focus on ethical considerations and opportunities available to the novel CCZ nodule‐collection industry, integrating robust science with strong pillars of social and environmental responsibility. Ethical considerations include harm to sea life and recovery time, but also the value of human life, indigenous rights, rights of nature, animal rights, intrinsic values, and intangible ecosystem services. A “planetary perspective” considers the biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere, extends beyond mineral extraction to a life‐cycle view of impacts, and includes local, national, and global impacts and stakeholders. Stakeholders include direct nodule‐collection actors, ocean conservationists, companies, communities, interest groups, nations, and citizens globally, plus counterfactual stakeholders involved with or affected by intensification of terrestrial mining if ocean metals are not used. Nodule collection would harm species and portions of ecosystems, but could have lower life‐cycle impacts than terrestrial mining expansion, especially if nodule‐metal producers explicitly design for it and stakeholders hold them accountable. Participants across the value chain can elevate the role of ethics in strategic objective setting, engineering design optimization, commitments to stakeholders, democratization of governance, and fostering of circular economies. The International Seabed Authority is called to establish equitable and transparent distribution of royalties and gains, and continue engaging scientists, economists, and experts from all spheres in optimizing deep‐sea mineral extraction for humans and nature. Nodule collection presents a unique opportunity for an ambitious reset of ecological norms in a nascent industry. Embracing ethical opportunities can set an example for industrial‐scale activities on land and sea, accelerate environmental gains through environmental competition with land ores, and hasten civilization's progress toward a sustainable future. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2022;18:634–654. © 2021 The Authors. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC).

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Adjacency: How legal precedent, ecological connectivity, and Traditional Knowledge inform our understanding of proximity [POLICY BRIEF - UN PrepCom 3]

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The Blue Acceleration: The Trajectory of Human Expansion into the Ocean

The Blue Acceleration: The Trajectory of Human Expansion into the Ocean

Socio-oceanography: an opportunity to integrate marine social and natural sciences

Ethical opportunities in deep‐sea collection of polymetallic nodules from the Clarion‐Clipperton Zone

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