Canada's Atlantic Coastal Action Program: A community-based approach to collective governance

Ellsworth, J.; Hildebrand, Lawrence P.; Glover, Edward

doi:10.1016/s0964-5691(97)00044-6

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“…Moral suasion measures such as self-regulation is frequently promoted as an addition to institutional regulation by government authorities [259,260]. Self-regulation is necessary for industry sectors not adequately covered by legislation, which are therefore ultimately responsible for regulating their own impact on the environment.…”

Section: Industry-based Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Boating- and Shipping-Related Environmental Impacts and Example Management Measures: A Review

Byrnes¹,

Dunn²

2020

JMSE

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Boating and shipping operations, their associated activities and supporting infrastructure present a potential for environmental impacts. Such impacts include physical changes to bottom substrate and habitats from sources such as anchoring and mooring and vessel groundings, alterations to the physico-chemical properties of the water column and aquatic biota through the application of antifouling paints, operational and accidental discharges (ballast and bilge water, hydrocarbons, garbage and sewage), fauna collisions, and various other disturbances. Various measures exist to sustainably manage these impacts. In addition to a review of associated boating- and shipping-related environmental impacts, this paper provides an outline of the government- and industry-related measures relevant to achieving positive outcomes in an Australian context. Historically, direct regulations have been used to cover various environmental impacts associated with commercial, industrial, and recreational boating and shipping operations (e.g., MARPOL). The effectiveness of this approach is the degree to which compliance can be effectively monitored and enforced. To be effective, environmental managers require a comprehensive understanding of the full range of instruments available, and the respective roles they play in helping achieve positive environmental outcomes, including the pros and cons of the various regulatory alternatives.

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Section: Industry-based Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Boating- and Shipping-Related Environmental Impacts and Example Management Measures: A Review

Byrnes¹,

Dunn²

2020

JMSE

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“…Among the most exemplary is the Atlantic Coastal Action Program (ACAP). Set up as a series of community-based monitoring and management programs in eastern Canada, and sponsored by Environment Canada, research and governance activities include water quality, air quality and habitat restoration (Ellsworth et al 1997). Ongoing for almost 20 years, ACAP has been wildly successful in providing community input to coastal management.…”

Section: Citizen Science and Decision Supportmentioning

confidence: 99%

Coastal communities, participatory research, and far-field effects of aquaculture

Grant¹

2010

Aquacult. Environ. Interact.

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Marine aquaculture is controversial in coastal communities for a variety of reasons, including environmental and aesthetic concerns. Shellfish and especially finfish farming have the potential to cause eutrophication effects on the bottom, and reduce oxygen levels in the water column. Active participation of citizens in data gathering before and after development provides a mechanism of engagement in the science used for development decisions. I examine how participatory science can solve 2 problems: insight into far-field impacts of aquaculture, and entrainment of coastal stakeholders into the decision process. Working with a community group, I suggest sediment profile imaging as a method that could be employed by coastal residents, including participation in image analysis of the apparent redox potential discontinuity, a validated visual indicator of coastal benthic conditions. The implementation of rigorous science, with applicability to ecosystem health and capacity for public participation is key in ecosystem-based management.

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“…Although there had previously been many examples of community-based action in other parts of the world from which to learn, this approach was a bold new step for the federal government in Canada. It required a change from a corporate culture of hierarchical, linear program delivery, to one of horizontal, or team delivery; shifting from the command-and control model to one of enabler and facilitator; and re-directing existing programs and resources to support community-identified priorities (Ellsworth et al,1997). In other words, the government had to give up much of its control.…”

Section: The Community-based Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

Community-Based Environmental Management in Atlantic Canada: The Impacts and Spheres of Influence of the Atlantic Coastal Action Program

Mcneil

Rousseau

Hildebrand

2006

Environ Monit Assess

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The Atlantic Coastal Action Program (ACAP) is a unique, community-based program initiated by Environment Canada in 1991 to help Atlantic Canadians restore and sustain watersheds and adjacent coastal areas. ACAP is the eastem-most Environment Canada Ecosystem Initiative. The ACAP family is currently made up of 14 ecosystem-based organizations in the four Atlantic provinces. Each one of these non-profit organizations operates independently, but is formally linked under the umbrella of ACAP to represent a force stronger than the individual parts. In Environment Canada's experience, the program consistently demonstrates the value of a community-based approach and produces results on an ecosystem basis. This paper will examine some of the impacts of ACAP in terms of economics, credible community science, and environmental results which most often align with Environment Canada's objectives. It will explore the influences of the community-based approach to environmental management on multiple scales (local, regional, etc.). Through examples, the paper will demonstrate the effectiveness of ACAP in influencing some of the policies, programs and attitudes of various levels of government and industry in the region, as well as describe how the community-based model has been exported internationally. The paper will conclude with a discussion on a planned path forward for ACAP.

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Canada's Atlantic Coastal Action Program: A community-based approach to collective governance

Cited by 24 publications

References 1 publication

Boating- and Shipping-Related Environmental Impacts and Example Management Measures: A Review

Boating- and Shipping-Related Environmental Impacts and Example Management Measures: A Review

Coastal communities, participatory research, and far-field effects of aquaculture

Community-Based Environmental Management in Atlantic Canada: The Impacts and Spheres of Influence of the Atlantic Coastal Action Program

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