Principles for transformative ocean governance [post]

Amanda Lombard, Jai Clifford-Holmes, Victoria Goodall, Bernadette Snow, Hannah Truter, Elisa Morgera, Peter JS Jones, Wesley Flannery, Christina Hicks, Lena Gipperth, Kevern Cochrane, Edward Allison (+9 others)
2022 unpublished
With a focus on the ocean, we collaborated across social, ecological and legal disciplines to respond to the United Nations call for transformation in the '2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development' by developing a set of 13 principles for transformative ocean governance. These principles can be used to help chart a course of action that responds to the many calls to reform current ocean-use practices based on economic growth models that have perpetuated inequities and fuelled conflict and
more » ... mental decline. We use a rigorous, iterative and transparent consensus building approach to define the principles, which we recommend are applied as a comprehensive set to transform unsustainable ocean governance practices and guide future initiatives. We show that the relationships between the principles can be supporting, neutral or sometimes conflicting, and discuss how best to manage these relationships in the pursuit of meaningful transformation.
doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-2051653/v1 fatcat:frsjlml63vftln53haqxivxzti