Search for dissertations about: "ocean governance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words ocean governance.

2. 1. Global Ocean Futures : Governance of marine fisheries in the Anthropocene

   Author : Andrew Merrie; Henrik Österblom; Victor Galaz; Per Olsson; Edward Allison; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; fisheries; futures; global governance; marine ecosystems; scenarios; social-ecological system; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

   Abstract : This PhD thesis provides an analysis of how an adaptive governance approach can be applied to address existing and emerging challenges in global governance with a focus on marine, wild-capture fisheries. All the papers share a coupled social-ecological framing while providing diverse but complementary perspectives. READ MORE

4. 2. The Anthropocene Ocean : Risks and opportunities for global sustainability

   Author : Jean-Baptiste Jouffray; Magnus Nyström; Henrik Österblom; Beatrice Crona; Albert Norström; Douglas McCauley; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Anthropocene; Coral reef; Finance; Globalisation; Ocean; Resilience; Seafood; Social-ecological system; Sustainability; Transdisciplinarity; Transnational corporation; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

   Abstract : Humans have become a dominant force of planetary change. This epoch, referred to as the Anthropocene, implies profound alterations to the Earth’s marine and terrestrial ecosystems upon which so many people depend. READ MORE

5. 3. Managing sea cucumber fisheries and aquaculture : Studies of social-ecological systems in the Western Indian Ocean

   Author : Hampus Eriksson; Maricela de la Torre-Castro; Juan Carlos Castilla; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Sea cucumbers; Bêche-de-mer; Trepang; Echinoderms; Fisheries; Aquaculture; Governance; Trade; Seafood; Tropical seascape; Zanzibar; Mayotte; Western Indian Ocean; marin ekotoxikologi; Marine Ecotoxicology;

   Abstract : Collecting sea cucumbers to supply the high value Chinese dried seafood market is a livelihood activity available to many people in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO), making it an important part of local economies. These fisheries are generally not successfully managed and tropical sea cucumber fisheries show continuing signs of decline. READ MORE

6. 4. From Corals to Corporations : Social-ecological dynamics in the Anthropocene ocean

   Author : Jean-Baptiste Jouffray; Magnus Nyström; Toby Gardner; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Anthropocene; Ocean; Coral reef; Finance; Regime shift; Sustainability; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

   Abstract : The ocean has always been of paramount importance for the development of human civilisation. Today more than ever, the prospect of a new era of ‘blue growth’ poses great sustainability and governance challenges as marine ecosystems worldwide face unprecedented cumulative pressures from local human impacts, global climate change and distal socioeconomic processes. READ MORE

7. 5. Transboundary Law for Social-Ecological Resilience? : A Study on Eutrophication in the Baltic Sea Area

   Author : Brita Bohman; Jonas Ebbesson; Lena Gipperth; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; transboundary pollution control; transboundary law; eutrophication; social-ecological resilience; ecosystem approach; environmental law; environmental governance; the Baltic Sea; ocean governance; miljörätt; Environmental Law;

   Abstract : This dissertation evaluates the role and effectiveness of law in the transboundary environmental governance of the Baltic Sea with regard to eutrophication. To this end, it reviews the applicable international agreements with their related instruments, as well as the EU legal frameworks, for the protection of the Baltic Sea environment on the basis of theories on resilience in social-ecological systems. READ MORE