TY - JOUR
T1 - Issues of context, capacity and scale
T2 - essential conditions and missing links for a sustainable blue economy
AU - Niner, Holly J.
AU - Barut, Noel C.
AU - Baum, Tom
AU - Diz, Daniela
AU - Pozo, Daniela Laínez del
AU - Laing, Stuart
AU - Lancaster, Alana Malinde S.N.
AU - McQuaid, Kirsty A.
AU - Mendo, Tania
AU - Morgera, Elisa
AU - Maharaj, Payal N.
AU - Okafor-Yarwood, Ifesinachi
AU - Ortega-Cisneros, Kelly
AU - Warikandwa, Tapiwa V.
AU - Rees, Sian
N1 - Funding: This work was supported by the United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI), Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), One Ocean Hub (Grant Ref: NE/S008950/1).
PY - 2022/4/1
Y1 - 2022/4/1
N2 - The blue economy has roots in the international arena of sustainable development and sets out to unlock opportunities for economy and society whilst protecting and enhancing marine environments. To date there has been no analysis of how this overarching intention for sustainability has influenced the rapid development of blue economy policies at national and regional scales. In this article, we analyse the synergies and conflicts between blue economy policies from a diversity of national and regional policies and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We show that to maintain critical alignment with targets for sustainability, place-based contextual development of blue economies that meet the needs of all actors is necessary. These needs relate to ensuring resilience against future environmental and political shocks, the maintenance of the ecological basis for thriving blue economies, and capacity development at all levels to support effective and equitable governance. Results indicate that co-production will be important to achieve sustainable blue economies.
AB - The blue economy has roots in the international arena of sustainable development and sets out to unlock opportunities for economy and society whilst protecting and enhancing marine environments. To date there has been no analysis of how this overarching intention for sustainability has influenced the rapid development of blue economy policies at national and regional scales. In this article, we analyse the synergies and conflicts between blue economy policies from a diversity of national and regional policies and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We show that to maintain critical alignment with targets for sustainability, place-based contextual development of blue economies that meet the needs of all actors is necessary. These needs relate to ensuring resilience against future environmental and political shocks, the maintenance of the ecological basis for thriving blue economies, and capacity development at all levels to support effective and equitable governance. Results indicate that co-production will be important to achieve sustainable blue economies.
KW - Sustainable development goals
KW - Blue economy
KW - Marine governance
KW - Marine natural capital
KW - Ocean economy
KW - Benefit sharing
U2 - 10.1016/j.envsci.2022.01.001
DO - 10.1016/j.envsci.2022.01.001
M3 - Article
SN - 1462-9011
VL - 130
SP - 25
EP - 35
JO - Environmental Science and Policy
JF - Environmental Science and Policy
ER -