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0000-0002-4469-7634
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University of Tasmania
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Public Policy | Policy and Administration
Coastal and Marine Management Policy | Climate Change Adaptation Measures |
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 21-06-2018
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 14-10-2022
DOI: 10.3389/FRSUS.2022.963432
Abstract: There is an increased focus on plastic pollution and the resultant harms in our oceans and on our shores at local, regional, and global scales. New technologies are being developed and trialed, multilateral agreements are coming into play, and the role of a circular economy is increasingly touted as the key to help solve the plastic pollution crisis. Simultaneously, we are witnessing the disruption of global supply chains from the COVID-19 pandemic, increased fuel prices and increased scope and scale of natural disasters. In idual countries are setting national targets and are developing national plans of action to combat plastic pollution. In this paper, we focus on Australia's National Plastics Plan as a case study of a national approach to addressing this transboundary issue. We discuss the Plan in relation to supply chains, the role of standards and best practices, and principles for a successful circular plastic economy. We explicitly consider the role of reverse logistics and regional approaches that could be developed and implemented within island nations. Overall, we argue for culturally appropriate, economically and environmentally place-based solutions as a necessary approach to help reduce plastic losses to the environment, acknowledging that plastics leakage to the environment is a social equity issue.
Publisher: Brill
Date: 2013
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2022
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2022
DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.4182792
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2017
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 12-07-2017
Abstract: Ecosystem-based management (EBM) is now widely accepted as the best means of managing the complex interactions in marine systems. However, progress towards implementing and operationalizing it has been slow. We take a pragmatic approach to EBM. Our simple definition is balancing human activities and environmental stewardship in a multiple-use context. In this paper, we present case studies on the development and implementation of EBM in Australia. The case studies (Australia’s Ocean Policy, the Great Barrier Reef, New South Wales (NSW) marine estate, Gladstone Harbour, and South Australia and Spencer Gulf) span different spatial scales, from national to regional to local. They also cover different levels of governance or legislated mandate. We identify the key learnings, necessary components and future needs to support better implementation. These include requirements for clearly identified needs and objectives, stakeholder ownership, well defined governance frameworks, and scientific tools to deal with conflicts and trade-offs. Without all these components, multi-sector management will be difficult and there will be a tendency to maintain a focus on single sectors. While the need to manage in idual sectors remains important and is often challenging, this alone will not necessarily ensure sustainable management of marine systems confronted by increasing cumulative impacts.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 20-12-2022
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-022-26570-8
Abstract: Polarisation of opinions across communities can lead to social conflict, reputational damage and the disruption of operations and markets. Social influence models have been widely used to better understand processes driving conflict from a theoretical perspective. Using aquaculture as a case study, we demonstrate how such models can be extended to accurately hindcast the transition from population consensus to high conflict, including observed catastrophic tipping points. We then use the model to quantitatively evaluate strategies aimed at reducing aquaculture conflict. We found that persuasive advocacy was ineffective and often counterproductive, whereas meaningful engagement, collaborative learning and improving scientific literacy targeted broadly across the population was effective in moderating opinions and reducing conflict. When such messaging was targeted too narrowly or too infrequently, it tended to be negated by ongoing exchange of misinformation within the population. Both the modelling approach and lessons on effective communication strategies are relevant to a broad range of environmental conflicts.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 25-08-2020
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 27-09-2019
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2014
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 21-01-2022
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 02-08-2021
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 22-06-2021
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2021
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2011
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Date: 14-10-2022
Abstract: Abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) is a major contributor to ocean pollution, with extensive social, economic, and environmental impacts. However, quantitative ALDFG estimates are dated and limited in scope. To provide current global estimates, we interviewed fishers around the world about how much fishing gear they lose annually and multiplied reported losses by global fishing effort data. We estimate that nearly 2% of all fishing gear, comprising 2963 km 2 of gillnets, 75,049 km 2 of purse seine nets, 218 km 2 of trawl nets, 739,583 km of longline mainlines, and more than 25 million pots and traps are lost to the ocean annually. These estimates represent critical baselines that can inform solutions targeted to ALDFG reduction strategies.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-10-2018
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2013
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 21-02-2019
Publisher: Authorea, Inc.
Date: 03-11-2020
Publisher: Authorea, Inc.
Date: 08-11-2021
Publisher: Authorea, Inc.
Date: 27-10-2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2008
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 10-05-2015
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 04-08-2022
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 12-12-2017
DOI: 10.1002/EET.1743
Publisher: Cogitatio
Date: 05-05-2017
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 29-06-2016
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2022
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2015
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2023
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2023
Publisher: Antiquity Publications
Date: 16-03-2021
DOI: 10.15184/AQY.2021.18
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic is creating a viral archive—an archaeological record of history in the making. One aspect of this archive is increased environmental pollution, not least through the discarded facemasks and gloves that characterise the pandemic. This article—directed specifically at archaeologists—argues that an archaeological perspective on ‘COVID waste’ using social media analysis can help to highlight environmental pollution, and that by giving this waste the status of archaeological material and working with other disciplines, archaeologists can contribute to sustainable, policy-led solutions to combat environmental pollution.
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2020
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 23-12-2020
DOI: 10.1111/FAF.12532
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 09-07-2021
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 24-09-2019
DOI: 10.3390/SU11195232
Abstract: Bottled water is one sector of the beverage industry that has recently experienced substantial growth. The littering of plastic water bottles and the carbon emissions produced from bottled water production results in harmful effects on the environment. To reduce the harm of bottled water production and litter, government and non-government organisations have implemented litter abatement and behavioural change strategies targeting bottled water consumption and subsequent loss of bottles to the environment. Our study evaluated the success of one of these strategies, which is a filtered water refill station, implemented along the Brisbane River in Queensland, Australia. We found plastic bottle litter decreased after a water refill station was put into operation. However, given the location of the refill station, we suggest the behavioural change strategy employed did not reach its full potential. We highlight factors that could be employed to achieve maximum benefits when implementing similar behavioural change strategies.
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 2018
DOI: 10.1071/MF17248
Abstract: Climate change, in combination with population growth, is placing increasing pressure on the world’s oceans and their resources. This is threatening sustainability and societal wellbeing. Responding to these complex and synergistic challenges requires holistic management arrangements. To this end, ecosystem-based management (EBM) promises much by recognising the need to manage the ecosystem in its entirety, including the human dimensions. However, operationalisation of EBM in the marine environment has been slow. One reason may be a lack of the inter-disciplinary science required to address complex social–ecological marine systems. In the present paper, we synthesise the collective experience of the authors to explore progress in integrating natural and social sciences in marine EBM research, illustrating actual and potential contributions. We identify informal barriers to and incentives for this type of research. We find that the integration of natural and social science has progressed at most stages of the marine EBM cycle however, practitioners do not yet have the capacity to address all of the problems that have led to the call for inter-disciplinary research. In addition, we assess how we can support the next generation of researchers to undertake the effective inter-disciplinary research required to assist with operationalising marine EBM, particularly in a changing climate.
Publisher: Authorea, Inc.
Date: 02-10-2020
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2006
Publisher: Authorea, Inc.
Date: 05-10-2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 17-11-2008
Publisher: Authorea, Inc.
Date: 08-10-2020
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2022
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 19-06-2018
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2023
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 25-02-2020
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2023
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-01-2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2009
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2018
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2017
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 23-11-2022
DOI: 10.1111/POLP.12512
Publisher: The Eurographics Association
Date: 2014
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 25-05-2017
DOI: 10.1111/REC.12388
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 12-01-2021
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-01-2014
Publisher: The Eurographics Association
Date: 2015
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 15-11-2022
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2023
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2019
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2007
Start Date: 2010
End Date: 2012
Funder: CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation
View Funded ActivityStart Date: 2015
End Date: 2015
Funder: University of Tasmania
View Funded ActivityStart Date: 11-2022
End Date: 11-2025
Amount: $464,726.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
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