A governance perspective on the large marine ecosystem approach |
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Authors: | Robin Mahon Lucia Fanning Patrick McConney |
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Institution: | 1. Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES), University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, St. Michael, Barbados, West Indies;2. Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Abstract: | The large marine ecosystem (LME) concept and approach has had a global impact on marine ecosystem-based management. The LME approach provides a framework for assessing and monitoring LMEs and is based on five modules: productivity, fish and fisheries, pollution and ecosystem health, socioeconomics, and governance. It appears that the LME approach is also being used to structure interventions to bring about change. Its appropriateness for the latter purpose is questioned. The major concerns are that the LME approach is not consistent with current thinking about enabling governance and its compartmentalized structure does not facilitate effective governance intervention. Current thinking on good governance suggests that it is more appropriate to approach governance interventions at the LME scale through multi-level governance policy cycles. |
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Keywords: | Governance LME Adaptive management Intervention Scale |
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