Regional oceans governance: making Regional Seas programmes, regional fishery bodies and large marine ecosystem mechanisms work better together

Billé, Raphaël; Chabason, Lucien; Drankier, Petra; Molenaar, Erik Jaap; Rochette, Julien

doi:10.4337/9781786430724.00036

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“…At the regional level, such spaces could be facilitated by existing regional bodies such as the Regional Seas programmes, most of which are supported or coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), or the Large Marine Ecosystem mechanisms which is supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). However, it should be acknowledged that regional ocean governance mechanisms themselves raise concerns of coordination and efficiency (Billé et al, 2017). Interviewees stated that challenges of socio-economic disparities, power relationships, and resource imbalances need to be addressed from the on-set of a collaborative effort to create more even footing.…”

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Advancing Ocean Governance in Marine Regions Through Stakeholder Dialogue Processes

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The poor state of the ocean and the transboundary nature of the marine environment require bold action by States coordinated across sectors and territorial boundaries in order to deal with the manifold challenges the ocean is facing—and with it humankind. Cooperation and coordination among States and stakeholders in marine regions have proven to be important levers for policy implementation and to strengthen ocean governance, yet remain challenging. Transparent and engaging stakeholder dialogue processes have the potential to provide guidance for the necessary transformation toward ocean sustainability and support the attainment of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for the ocean, SDG 14 and other interlinked ocean-related targets. The aim of this study is to review the challenges and opportunities of current collaborative efforts, namely multi-stakeholder dialogue and exchange processes, within and between marine regions to accelerate transformative action, contributing to these global goals. This paper builds on knowledge co-production and collaborative governance literature, and reviews experiences by stakeholders with ocean-related science-policy interfaces in an effort to strengthen regional ocean governance. As an exemplary case of such interfaces, this study assesses the Marine Regions Forum, a newly established inclusive dialogue and exchange platform for diverse actors from marine regions that aims to provide an informal space for joint learning and support regional action and international governance processes alike. Employing latent content analysis of interviews with experts, critical common barriers that hamper current collaborative efforts amongst stakeholders in marine regions are identified, such as fragmented governance frameworks, power and resource imbalances, and lack of meaningful stakeholder engagement. Pathways to address these challenges, such as through common goal orientation, contextualisation, inclusivity, trust building and meaningful continuous interactions are also identified. This paper concludes by discussing the value added of transparent and inclusive collaborative processes in the transformation of ocean governance toward achieving sustainability.

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“…108 Of further note is the development of the Regional Fishery Body Secretariats' Network, which acts as an information exchange for all active RFMOs and which has met biennially since 1999. 109 In addition, there have been synergies between RFMOs and Regional Seas Conventions, 110 such as the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) and the OSPAR Commission adopted in September 2008, establishing processes for sharing of information, joint discussions and adopting common approaches to the application of precautionary approaches and ABMTs. 111 Notwithstanding these initiatives, it is regrettable that there is no central mechanism on a global level to facilitate synergies and coordinated actions among the numerous regional frameworks and bodies, either inter-or intra-sectoral.…”

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The Negotiations for a New Implementing Agreement Under the Un Convention on the Law of the Sea Concerning Marine Biodiversity

Papastavridis¹

2020

ICLQ

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AbstractThis article discusses the current negotiations for an Implementing Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. It discusses, in particular, the issue of the relationship of the new agreement with existing and future relevant regional instruments and bodies and the need for cooperation and coordination amongst them, the guiding principles of the new agreement, and the question of implementation and enforcement of the new agreement. These issues and the choices that delegations will make respectively highlight the controversy on the underpinning tenet of the agreement, ie between the ‘freedom of the high seas’ and the common heritage of mankind. The article concludes with a pessimistic prognosis that, in general, the agreement will fall short of the expectations that many States and international community have had at the early days of the negotiation.

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Regional Fisheries Management Organizations

Molenaar

2020

Global Challenges and the Law of the Sea

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Regional oceans governance: making Regional Seas programmes, regional fishery bodies and large marine ecosystem mechanisms work better together

Abstract: ISBN 978 1 78643 071 7 (cased) ISBN 978 1 78643 072 4 (eBook)

Cited by 7 publications

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Advancing Ocean Governance in Marine Regions Through Stakeholder Dialogue Processes

Advancing Ocean Governance in Marine Regions Through Stakeholder Dialogue Processes

The Negotiations for a New Implementing Agreement Under the Un Convention on the Law of the Sea Concerning Marine Biodiversity

Regional Fisheries Management Organizations

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