CONTRIBUTING TO OCEAN SECURITY: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY SUPPORT FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF LAND-SEA INTERACTIONS

Interlinked crises of freshwater depletion, food insecurity, pollution loading and ecosystem decline stand in the way of poverty reduction and sustainable development. This paper argues that traditional single-sector development activities and well-meaning actions under weak global instruments are i...

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Published in:Journal of international affairs (New York) 2005-09, Vol.59 (1), p.179-201
Main Author: Duda, Alfred M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air pollution
Coastal zone management
Coasts
Collective action
Commercial fishing
Company business management
Cooperation
Ecological sustainability
Ecosystems
Environmental economics
Environmental protection
Fisheries
Fishery economics
Fishing
Food security
Integrated approach
Interfaces
International
International trade
Marine ecosystems
Ocean engineering
Oceans
Ports
Poverty
Seas
Subsidies
Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable development
Sustainable fisheries management
Sustainable global economy
Treaties
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Summary:Interlinked crises of freshwater depletion, food insecurity, pollution loading and ecosystem decline stand in the way of poverty reduction and sustainable development. This paper argues that traditional single-sector development activities and well-meaning actions under weak global instruments are insufficient to meet poverty reduction goals, sustainable development targets or stability and security objectives. In this paper, the connections between the land-sea interface and poverty crises are examined in relation to global driving forces that negatively impact economies, deplete coastal resources and pose risks for unrest. This article also identifies the need to develop long-term partnerships for enacting reforms among countries of the North and South centered on particular areas of sea space and adjacent basins. The planet's fragile oceans and coasts are too economically and socially valuable to allow resource depletion to continue. Sea space is often used in an unsustainable manner for short-term gains.
ISSN:0022-197X