The disjuncture between regional ocean priorities and development assistance in the South Pacific

Hills, Jeremy M.; Bala, Shirleen; Solofa, Anama; Dunstan, Piers K.; Fischer, Mibu; Hayes, Donna

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2019.01.009

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“…Leveraging the relevant SDGs and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 66 (UNCLOS), particularly Part XIII Section 2 (which governs "Marine Scientific Research: International Cooperation") should help unite priorities with development assistance. However, even where ocean policies are well developed, such as the South Pacific, knowledge and awareness of initiatives and investment related to SDG 14 are negligible; better coherency in policy and investment is needed to effectively address SDG goals 67 as well as responsible financial use 68 . This paper's focus has been the volume of publications indexed within the Web of Science.…”

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Assessing the global ocean science community: understanding international collaboration, concerns and the current state of ocean basin research

Potter,

Pearson

2023

npj Ocean Sustain

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Web of Science data covering 2000–2020 was used to analyse trends in ocean research, specific to the five ocean basins (Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, Southern), to investigate its state and any underlying concerns for addressing UN Decade of Ocean Science goals and UN Sustainable Development Goal 14 “Life Below Water”. Though Atlantic research has dominated, Pacific research is nearing parity with its neighbour due to significant output growth by China and is soon likely to become the most researched basin. International collaboration, built around G7 countries and China, has increased by 10 percentage points since 2000 but research remains mainly domestic. Outside these countries, there has been growth in collaborations involving Small Island Developing States and a doubling of South America’s global share of ocean basin papers. However, sub-Saharan African research output has not mirrored this expansion. Further growth could be catalysed by increased support for educational efforts and infrastructure development, particularly given the highly specialised and institutionally driven nature of ocean basin research.

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Assessing the global ocean science community: understanding international collaboration, concerns and the current state of ocean basin research

Potter,

Pearson

2023

npj Ocean Sustain

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“…Funding in PSIDS is inadequate to support long-term seagrass research and mapping at a national/regional level, thus our understanding of change dynamics in seagrass habitats will continue to be limited. However, Hills et al (2019) examined the disjuncture between regional oceans policies and development assistance in PSIDS and proposed improved targeting of investments aligned to national priorities. Thus, raising the profile and appreciation of services rendered by seagrass in PSIDS, may help with national prioritisation and sharper targeting of investments to reduce the present rates of degradation.…”

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Seagrasses and seagrass habitats in Pacific small island developing states: Potential loss of benefits via human disturbance and climate change

Brodie

Holland

N’Yeurt

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Marine Pollution Bulletin

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Seagrasses provide a wide range of services including food provision, water purification and coastal protection. Pacific small island developing states (PSIDS) have limited natural resources, challenging economies and a need for marine science research. Seagrasses occur in eleven PSIDS and nations are likely to benefit in different ways depending on habitat health, habitat cover and location, and species presence. Globally seagrass habitats are declining as a result of anthropogenic impacts including climate change and in PSIDS pressure on already stressed coastal ecosystems, will likely threaten seagrass survival particularly close to expanding urban settlements. Improved coastal and urban planning at local, national and regional scales is needed to reduce human impacts on vulnerable coastal areas. Research is required to generate knowledge-based solutions to support effective coastal management and protection of the existing seagrass habitats, including strenghened documentation the socioeconomic and environmental services they provide. For PSIDS, protection of seagrass service benefits requires six priority actions: seagrass habitat mapping, regulation of coastal and upstream development, identification of specific threats at vulnerable locations, a critique of cost-effective restoration options, research devoted to seagrass studies and more explicit policy development.

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“…In the absence of such coordinated tracking and monitoring of aid projects, it is difficult for policy makers to assess the attention to, or prioritizing of, international funding mechanisms related to oceans and ocean-related climate issues. This results in disjuncture between regional ocean priorities and development assistance (Hills et al 2019).…”

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Blue Economy and Blue Finance: Toward Sustainable Development and Ocean Governance

Huang¹,

Voyer²,

Benzaken³

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The disjuncture between regional ocean priorities and development assistance in the South Pacific

Cited by 12 publications

References 6 publications

Assessing the global ocean science community: understanding international collaboration, concerns and the current state of ocean basin research

Assessing the global ocean science community: understanding international collaboration, concerns and the current state of ocean basin research

Seagrasses and seagrass habitats in Pacific small island developing states: Potential loss of benefits via human disturbance and climate change

Blue Economy and Blue Finance: Toward Sustainable Development and Ocean Governance

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