Considerations in Developing a Functional Approach to the Governance of Large Marine Ecosystems - Lawrence Juda
Ocean Development & International Law, 30:89–125, 1999
Interest in the management of the environment and its resources on an ecosystem
basis has been increasing, in both terrestrial and marine contexts. In recent years, the
concept of the large marine ecosystem has become a point of focus at the national
and international levels as a possible unit for management of ocean and coastal areas.
An ecosystem approach, however, challenges the manner in which marine resources
and the environment that sustains them have been managed in the past.
Governance is a key element in ecosystem management and encompasses the
formal and informal arrangements, institutions, and mores that determine how
resources and the environment are utilized. This study explores some of the problems,
concepts, and principles involved in efforts to provide needed governance
arrangements if large marine ecosystem–based management is to be implemented
and made effective.
Keywords large marine ecosystems, ocean governance, marine ecosystem
management
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