The Ocean Decade—Opportunities for Oceans and Human Health Programs to Contribute to Public Health

Fleming, Lora E.; Depledge, Michael H.; Bouley, Timothy; Britton, Easkey; Dupont, Sam; Eatock, Claire; Garside, Ruth; Heymans, Johanna J.; Kellett, Paula; Lloret, Josep; Maycock, Bruce; Pahl, Sabine; Philippart, C.J.M.; Roberts, Bethany R.; Thiele, Torsten; White, Mathew P.; Wuijts, Susanne

doi:10.2105/ajph.2021.306229

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“…The International Ocean Committee have already shown awareness of this simpatico by featuring famed Brazilian surfer Maya Gabeira in their Brave New World Ocean Decade webinar series. As a spokesperson for the Ocean Decade and an accomplished big wave surfer, Gabeira could indeed represent an ocean literate surfer and be an example to the public of how “healthy oceans foster healthy people” [ 98 ].…”

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Ocean Literacy and Surfing: Understanding How Interactions in Coastal Ecosystems Inform Blue Space User’s Awareness of the Ocean

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Marshall

Dankel

2021

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Intergovernmental policy is targeting public ocean literacy to help achieve the societal changes needed to reach a sustainable ocean agenda within a 10-year timeframe. To create a culture of care for the ocean, which is under threat from Anthropocentric pressures, informed ocean citizens are central to upholding meaningful actions and best practices. This research focuses on recreational ocean users, specifically surfers and how their blue space activities may inform understanding of ocean processes and human-ocean interconnections. The Ocean Literacy Principles were used to assess ocean awareness through surfing interactions. An online survey questionnaire was completed by 249 participants and reduced to a smaller sample focus group. Qualitative and quantitative data were triangulated to develop further understanding of surfer experiences, using the social-ecological systems framework to model surfing outcomes. The results found that surfers indeed receive ocean literacy benefits, specifically three out of the seven Ocean Literacy Principles and that ocean literacy is a direct benefit many surfers in the sample group receive. By identifying synergies between the Ocean Literacy Principles, variables within coastal ecosystems and user (surfer) interactions, this research offers novel insight into opportunities for integrating ocean sustainability strategies through blue space activity mechanisms and coastal community engagement.

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Ocean Literacy and Surfing: Understanding How Interactions in Coastal Ecosystems Inform Blue Space User’s Awareness of the Ocean

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2021

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“…A greater awareness of the importance of a healthy ocean to human welfare is needed to help support the financing of ocean action (Fleming et al, 2021). As only an estimated 1% of the contribution of economic impact is devoted to protecting the ocean currently (Sumaila et al, 2021), there is an urgent need to increase the public funding of adaptation, resilience, and biodiversity targets, as well as the overall support for the uptake of nature‐based solutions in infrastructure finance (Thiele et al, 2020).…”

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The forgotten ocean: Why COP26 must call for vastly greater ambition and urgency to address ocean change

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1. Of all the interconnected threats facing the planet, the top two are the climate and the biodiversity crises. Neither problem will be solved if we ignore the ocean. To turn the tide in favour of humanity and a habitable planet, we need to recognize and better value the fundamental role that the ocean plays in the earth system, and prioritize the urgent action needed to heal and protect the ocean at the 'Earthscape' levelthe planetary scale at which processes to support life operate.2. The countries gathering at COP26 have unparalleled political capacity and leadership to make this happen. COP26 could be the turning point, but there must be commitment to united action for the ocean, as well as planning to meet those commitments, based on science-led solutions that address the interconnectivity of the ocean, climate, and biodiversity.

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“…Research in the marine social sciences encompasses a wide range of research topics and themes, as well as a variety of approaches (see Bennett et al., 2017 ). Fisheries have long dominated the agenda of marine social sciences ( Fleming et al., 2021 ; Steins et al., 2020 ; Bavinck et al., 2018 ). However, in recent years, other topics have garnered increasing attention ( McKinley et al, 2019 , 2020 ).…”

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Development and expansion in the marine social sciences: Insights from the global community

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The Ocean Decade—Opportunities for Oceans and Human Health Programs to Contribute to Public Health

Cited by 24 publications

References 5 publications

Ocean Literacy and Surfing: Understanding How Interactions in Coastal Ecosystems Inform Blue Space User’s Awareness of the Ocean

Ocean Literacy and Surfing: Understanding How Interactions in Coastal Ecosystems Inform Blue Space User’s Awareness of the Ocean

The forgotten ocean: Why COP26 must call for vastly greater ambition and urgency to address ocean change

Development and expansion in the marine social sciences: Insights from the global community

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