A new article on adaptive capacity of small-scale fisheries appears in the latest issue of the journal Geoforum: FREDUAH, G.; FIDELMAN, P.; SMITH, T. 2018. Mobilising Adaptive Capacity to Multiple Stressors: Insights from Small-Scale Coastal Fisheries in the Western Region of Ghana. Geoforum, 91: 61-72; doi: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.02.026 The processes by which adaptive capacity is mobilised in response to multiple stressors are yet to be fully understood. This study addresses this pressing research gap by drawing […]
The Taskforce on Oceans Governance seeks to address the daunting multi-level challenge of oceans governance in the Anthropocene. It serves as platform in the Earth System Governance Project for oceans related research and will be actively cooperating with other research activities, as well as scientific and policy institutions, and ongoing policy processes related to the Oceans.
Small-Scale Fisheries under Climate Change in the Pacific Islands Region
Marine Policy Vol 88 (February 2018; https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/marine-policy/vol/88/suppl/C) features a special section on Small-Scale Fisheries under Climate Change in the Pacific Islands Region. The introductory article’s abstract reads: For Pacific Island communities, social change has always been a part of their socio-political lives, while environmental changes were always transient and reversible, so that they understood and engaged with their ocean as a provider for food, culture and life. However, recent unprecedented and irreversible changes brought on […]
Call for paper abstracts on Earth System Governance for Blue Growth (2018 Utrecht ESG conference)
Much is expected of ‘Blue Growth’ as it simultaneously allows for economic development whilst also protecting our marine environment. Many questions remain about the Blue Economy in practice, however, especially in relation to how social, environmental and economic objectives can be successfully integrated, and how trade-offs between these objectives are made within and across individual Blue Economy sectors. This panel seeks to foster discussion within the ESG community on the Earth System Governance for Blue […]
European Parliament Resolution on Ocean Governance (16/01/18)
On January 16, 2018, the European Parliament passed a resolution titled “International ocean governance: an agenda for the future of our oceans in the context of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.” The full provisional text is included below for taskforce members to reference: 2018-01_EU-Ocean Governance_Parliament Adoption
Capacity building workshop for EU early career marine researchers
The Integrated Marine Biosphere Research (IMBeR) project is inviting EU early career marine researchers (less than seven years post-PhD) to apply for a workshop on how to operate effectively at the science-policy-society interface. The workshop will take place June 17-20, 2018 in Lošinj, Croatia, and the deadline to apply is March 5, 2018. Workshop flyer: View here Online Application: Click here Workshop Description: Ecological goods and services provided by the oceans are critical to human well-being. However, […]
A Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment
In December of 2017, the UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea completed its first Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects. You can find information about the background, methods, and results of this regular process here: http://www.un.org/depts/los/global_reporting/global_reporting.htm
Green Shipping Partnership
The Sauder School of Business of the University of British Columbia (Canada) is leading an international collaborative research network focused on improving the environmental performance of the maritime shipping industry. This Green Shipping Partnership (GSP) is investigating efforts to encourage greener shipping practices and will contribute policy recommendations aimed at reducing the negative impacts of shipping on the environment. Multiple members of the ESG Ocean Governance Taskforce are contributing to this partnership, among others Judith […]
Vacancy: Research Associate – Partnership for Regional Ocean Governance (PROG)
Position: Research Associate – Partnership for Regional Ocean Governance: International Forum to Strengthen Regional Ocean Governance – (PROG) Forum Organisation: The Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS) Duty Station: Berlin, Germany Deadline for Application: 24th of January 2018 Contact: Thando Tilmann Email: Thando.Tilmann@iass-potsdam.de Job Vacancy Link The Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS) is an international, interdisciplinary center of excellence located in Potsdam, Germany. The IASS is financed by the Federal Ministry of […]
Call for Papers for Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration in Regional Seas Environmental Cooperation Panel at ECPR 2018
The ESG Oceans Taskforce is issuing a call for papers for a panel on Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration in Regional Seas Environmental Cooperation co-chaired by taskforce member Judith van Leeuwen together with Dorothea Wehrmann from the German Development Institute. The panel will take place at the ECPR General Conference of 2018 being held in Hamburg on August 22-25, 2018. This panel is part of section 60 on Regional Seas in Comparative Perspective: Security and Sustainability. For more […]
Call for authors for an edited volume on a Sympathetic Critique of the Law of the Sea
Peter Jacques (U. Central Florida) and Rachel Tiller (SINTEF Ocean in Norway) are working on an edited volume on the Law of the Sea – a sympathetic critique thereof with respect to its ability to change over time with changing circumstances, climate and unforeseen events. They are in need of several more authors as soon as possible interested in the following topics: Two to three authors with an International Law background (lawyers were the specific […]
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