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An equity lens on behavioral science for conservation
Type: Journal Article
In recent decades, interest in and application of behavioral insights to conservation theory and practice have expanded significantly. Yet the growth of integrated strategies to adapt and guide human behavior in service ...
Social equity is key to sustainable ocean governance
Type: Journal Article
Calls to address social equity in ocean governance are expanding. Yet ‘equity’ is seldom clearly defined. Here we present a framework to support contextually-informed assessment of equity in ocean governance. Guiding ...
Modelling the role of marine protected area in biodiversity conservation
Type: Journal Article
This study explored the anthropogenic stressors of a coral habitat and predicted the role of a proposed MPA around coral habitat on biodiversity conservation. The study was conducted in the Saint Martin's Island which is ...
Research legitimacy as a precursor to effectiveness: the role of equitable partnerships in transforming aquatic food systems
Type: Journal Article
Competing interests in aquatic food systems pose challenges for small-scale food producers trying to secure their place in the blue economy. These challenges include development aspirations, pressure from conservation ...
Social sustainability and equity in the blue economy
Type: Journal Article
The ocean economy has the potential to improve human wellbeing. Yet, in practice, its rapid acceleration is often producing few benefits and substantial social harms for rural and resource-dependent coastal communities. ...
Human health impacts of dams and reservoirs: Neglected issues in a One Health perspective
Type: Journal Article
Dams have often been constructed for hydropower, water storage and to support socio-economic development, particularly in areas of water stress. In many places, the water stored in human-made reservoirs is essential to ...
Engaging the tropical majority to make ocean governance and science more equitable and effective
Type: Journal Article
How can ocean governance and science be made more equitable and effective? The majority of the world’s ocean-dependent people live in low to middle-income countries in the tropics (i.e., the ‘tropical majority’). Yet the ...
Perspectives on aquaculture's contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals for improved human and planetary health
Type: Journal Article
The diverse aquaculture sector makes important contributions toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)/Agenda 2030, and can increasingly do so in the future. Its important role for food security, nutrition, ...
Principles for transformative ocean governance
Type: Journal Article
With a focus on oceans, we collaborated across ecological, social and legal disciplines to respond to the United Nations call for transformation in the ‘2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’. We developed a set of 13 ...
Finding logic models for sustainable marine development that deliver on social equity
Type: Journal Article
Sustainable development is often represented as contributing to desirable outcomes across economic, environmental, and social goals, yet policies and interventions attempting to deliver sustainable development often disagree ...