MPA policy: What lies behind the science? |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University, NE1 7RU, UK;2. School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, Newcastle, NE1 7RU, UK;1. School of Science, University of Greenwich, Medway Campus, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK;2. School of Science, University of Greenwich, Medway Campus, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK;3. Greenwich Maritime Institute, University of Greenwich, The Old Royal Naval College, Park Row, London SE10 9LS, UK;1. Department of Geography & Planning, University of Liverpool, Gordon Stephenson Building, Liverpool L69 7ZQ, United Kingdom;2. CESAM/Department of Environment and Planning, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3010-193 Aveiro, Portugal;3. Marine Renewable Energy Ireland, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Haulbowline Naval Base, Cobh, Co. Cork, Ireland;4. Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Subdireccíon General de Investigacíon, Corazón de Maria 8, 28002 Madrid, Spain;5. Department of the Environment Northern Ireland, Marine Division, Klondyke Building, Belfast BT7 2JA, United Kingdom;6. Directorate General for Marine Policy, Av. Brasília, No. 6, 1449-006 Lisboa, Portugal;7. Department of Human Geography, University of Seville, María de Padilla, s/n, 41004 Sevilla, Spain;8. Centre of Marine Sciences - CCMAR, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, ed.7, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal;1. Université de Nantes, CNRS, UMR LETG, Chemin de la Censive du Tertre, BP 81227, F-44000 Nantes, France;2. Department of Geography & Planning, University of Liverpool, Roxby Building, Liverpool L69 7ZQ, United Kingdom;1. University of Plymouth, School of Biological and Marine Science, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK;2. University of Exeter, 407. Amory C355b. Amory Building, University of Exeter, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4RJ, UK;3. MRAG Ltd, 18 Queen St, Mayfair, London, W1J 5PN, UK;4. Blue Marine Foundation, South Building, Somerset House, London, WC2R 1LA, UK;1. School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada;2. Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, PO BOX 15000, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada;1. Department of Geography, University College London (UCL), London WC1E 6BT, UK;2. China Institute for Marine Affairs, State Oceanic Administration, 1# Fuxingmenwai Avenue, Beijing 100860, China |
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| Abstract: | What the current policy debate on marine protected areas (MPAs) and marine reserves (MRs) has failed to address is the fact that protection of the marine environment has as much to do with scientists, and others values as it has to do with science. To date natural science has played a dominant role in the implementation of MPAs, yet normative considerations which are embedded in the way scientists and the wider community think about the condition the marine environment should be in, and which may influence decision-making, are rarely acknowledged or discussed. This paper seeks to correct that deficiency by investigating the values that lie behind the natural science of MPAs. With the aid of epistemic community, advocacy coalition and discourse coalition theories of policy networks, this article explores the role science and scientists have played in influencing policy on MPAs at the global and national level, and looks at the extent to which normative conceptualisations within and beyond natural science have influenced the debate. |
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