Advances on European Union Common Marine Policy
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Oceans".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 June 2023) | Viewed by 1891
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
“Seas and Oceans” are considered and communicated at the political level as a challenge. They are historically approached and modelled as a natural environment (i.e., mainly thorough physical and biological variables). Indeed, the marine environment is entangled with anthropogenic aspects and political frameworks. Tackling the challenge will therefore require an agent-based approach to policy, where instruments, legislation, culture and technology are embedded in the natural environment. Policy makers ask for a scientific support to solutions, but many communities are struggling with adopting processes that can be appropriate, feasible, effective, politically correct and acceptable by industry and citizens.
A transformation in the scientific methodology when dealing with seas and oceans is needed, adopting a truly interdisciplinary approach, e.g., with the engagement of anthropology, network and complexity science.
In this context, Europe can play a fundamental role in the global scenario, but a “learning by doing” or an “evidence-based” support to policy should be transformed in a “knowledge-based” one, also looking at other sectors and robust theoretical models.
The sustainability of the marine environment addresses a diversity of interconnected aspects and stakeholders. Motivations, capacities, contexts, and objectives are difficult to be framed into a Marine Policy that can be effective at local and global scales, and short- and long-terms.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- The experiences from other sectors (Soil, Health, Urban);
- The theoretical approach to complexity;
- The anthropological aspects of environmental policies;
- New approaches to simplify the objectives of legislation;
- Emerging issues (Deep Sea Mining, Unexploded Ordnances).
- I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Pier Francesco Moretti
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- complexity
- governance
- multi-dimensional sustainability
- emergencies
- local vs. global
- cross-sectoral experiences
- modelling
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