What is marine justice?

Martin, Jennifer A.; Gray, Summer; Aceves‐Bueno, Eréndira; Alagona, Peter S.; Elwell, Tammy L.; García, Angela R.; Horton, Zach; López‐Carr, David; Marter-Kenyon, Jessica; Miller, Karly Marie; Severen, Christopher; Shewry, Teresa; Twohey, Becky

doi:10.1007/s13412-019-00545-0

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“…Moreover, especially the empirical research and engagement on the ground demonstrated in the SI articles can provide vivid examples of how scholarship on climate and marine justice contributes to the development of new narratives that inspire a socio-ecological transformation of the Anthropocene. The authors of this SI relate to a critical reading of Anthropocene terminology that does not erase but underlines differential human responsibilities and intersectional discrimination (Mathews, 2020).…”

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Introduction to the special issue “Climate and marine justice – debates and critical perspectives”

2021

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Abstract. This special issue (SI) shows that environmental justice perspectives are especially useful for analysing current socio-ecological conflicts. These perspectives help to bridge epistemological and ontological gaps in inter- and transdisciplinary settings and promote normative and justice-oriented discussions on environmental struggles within and beyond the academy. Currently, the following two interrelated environmental crises and their impacts regularly make headlines: climate change and the impacts of the unsustainable use of the oceans. Still, for a large part of the global population – not only but especially in the Global North – both crises remain abstract, mainly becoming visible through news coverage of plastic waste in the oceans, storm surges and droughts, and through documentaries on sea-level rise and the destruction of ecosystems. However, the destruction of marine and coastal habitats and the effects of climate change are increasingly affecting people's daily lives. The effects of climate change, pollution, and marine resource overuse are creating serious disruption to livelihoods and leading to new socio-ecological conflicts and new claims. This SI aims to reflect and explore climate and marine narratives, environmental knowledge claims, multiple ontologies, climate change adaptation, and the spatial and temporal shaping of socio-ecological struggles for climate and marine justice in more detail. Furthermore, it takes up current strands of climate and marine justice scholarship and explores avenues for further research.

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Introduction to the special issue “Climate and marine justice – debates and critical perspectives”

2021

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“…Some of these innovations he thought to be "imminent" (UN General Assembly, 1967a:4-5), which in retrospect was quite unrealistic, yet his big picture still holds attractiveness and truth-value today, namely: a deep sea which, if treated as a "common heritage of mankind", is a promise of global equity in both procedures and material benefits while, when falling prey to vested and hegemonic interests, it runs the risk of becoming overexploited, polluted, and militarized. The connection established here between the prospect of deep-seabed mining (DSM) and questions of global procedural and distributive justice locates DSM in the area of a much broader scholarly debate on environmental justice -or for that matter on marine justice (e.g., Schlosberg, 2007;Walker, 2012;Martin et al, 2019). The concept of Marine Justice in particular focuses on fair and democratic decision-making processes regarding the benefits and costs of the use of marine resources.…”

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“…The concept of Marine Justice in particular focuses on fair and democratic decision-making processes regarding the benefits and costs of the use of marine resources. Authors such as Martin et al (2019) emphasize that to answer what procedural and distributive justice can look like in marine socioecological systems, a context-specific perspective is required. This relates in particular to those systems' constitution and dynamics related to space, time, knowledge, participation in decision-making, and enforcement (Martin et al, 2019).…”

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No people, no problem – narrativity, conflict, and justice in debates on deep-seabed mining

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Rivera

2020

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Abstract. While the idea of extracting deep-seabed resources dates back to as early as the 1960s, it remained pure fiction for decades due to limited technical possibilities and prohibitive costs. In recent years, against the backdrop of changing technical possibilities and a persistently high demand for raw materials, deep-seabed mining (DSM) has returned to the international political agenda. While numerous fact-finding missions engage in mapping the ocean's resources and public–private partnerships prepare to make an active engagement in mining the seabed, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) is entrusted with the development of a legal framework for possible future mining in accordance with the requirements defined under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The preparations for DSM are accompanied and ultimately shaped by a discourse on possible opportunities and risks of mining the deep seabed. The paper at hand traces dominant discursive positions and their narrative structures as a way of explaining the relative success or failure of DSM proponents who speak in favor of mining the seabed and DSM critics who warn against its striking environmental impacts and inestimable risks. We proceed from the observation that the historic discourse on the deep sea beyond national jurisdiction was rooted in what we call “narratives of promise” regarding global procedural and distributive justice, environmental health, and peaceful international cooperation. Our findings show how in today's debates the theme of global marine justice, which dominated the historic DSM discourse, is close to a “nonstory”. DSM is commonly narrated as a merely technocratic and apolitical process that appears to be free of social and environmental conflict. We conclude by arguing that to arrive at more successful critical narratives on DSM will require more pronounced depictions of the negative consequences in particular for humans, exposing the “politics” in DSM policy making and developing more competitive stories on alternatives to DSM.

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“…Social-ecological changes occurring within coastal and marine environments around the world raise EJ questions [97][98][99][100]. These include who benefits (or is disadvantaged) from particular policies, who can access and utilise ecosystems [97,100], who is included in decision-making processes, and which groups' rights are recognised and empowered. Thus, we argue that a greater understanding of the EJ dimensions of Indigenous communities' involvement in marine planning and management can provide scholars and practitioners with critical insights into factors that enable or constrain sustainable marine ecosystem governance and management.…”

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Indigenous Environmental Justice within Marine Ecosystems: A Systematic Review of the Literature on Indigenous Peoples’ Involvement in Marine Governance and Management

2021

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We develop and apply a systematic review methodology to identify and understand how the peer-reviewed literature characterises Indigenous peoples’ involvement in marine governance and management approaches in terms of equity and justice worldwide. We reviewed the peer-reviewed English-language research articles between January 2015 and September 2020 for examples of Indigenous peoples’ involvement in marine governance and management using the analytical lens of environmental justice. The majority of research studies highlighted that Indigenous peoples experienced some form of environmental injustice linked to existing marine governance and management, most notably in the context of inequitable decision-making procedures surrounding the establishment and operation of marine protected areas. However, there are significant gaps in the current literature, including a notable absence of studies exploring Indigenous women and other gender minorities’ involvement in marine planning and management and the limited number of studies about Indigenous peoples living throughout Asia, the Arctic, Russia, and Africa. More studies are needed to explore collaborative and intersectional approaches, including co-governance and co-management and ecosystem-based management, and critically evaluate what constitutes inclusive, equitable, and just marine governance and management processes, practices, and outcomes for different Indigenous peoples occupying diverse social–ecological systems.

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What is marine justice?

Cited by 16 publications

References 78 publications

Introduction to the special issue “Climate and marine justice – debates and critical perspectives”

Introduction to the special issue “Climate and marine justice – debates and critical perspectives”

No people, no problem – narrativity, conflict, and justice in debates on deep-seabed mining

Indigenous Environmental Justice within Marine Ecosystems: A Systematic Review of the Literature on Indigenous Peoples’ Involvement in Marine Governance and Management

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