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Policy capacity in oceans governance: Rio+20 and Australia’s outcomes
Citation
Vince, J and Nursey-Bray, M, Policy capacity in oceans governance: Rio+20 and Australia's outcomes, Australian Journal of Maritime & Ocean Affairs, 8, (3) pp. 165-179. ISSN 1836-6503 (2016) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1080/18366503.2016.1201643
Abstract
Oceans were a key theme of the Rio+20 Conference in 2012 and
the importance of conservation and sustainable use of the oceans
was reinforced by the UN member states. This paper examines
Australia’s policy capacity to develop and implement oceans
policies in the context of its history of responses to key
commitments to international forums, such as United Nations
Conference on the Environment and Development and the World
Summit on Sustainable Development. Our analysis highlights that
governments such as Australia are now consciously making policies
in oceans governance that they know they have the capacity to
deliver. We conclude that Australian oceans governance has been
constrained by this tendency towards focusing on relatively ‘safe’
areas of policy development, and that deeper more radical
engagement is needed in order to build policy capacity so that
Australia again becomes globally recognised as a leading nation in
policy innovation in oceans governance.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Human Society |
Research Group: | Policy and administration |
Research Field: | Environment policy |
Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
Objective Group: | Coastal and estuarine systems and management |
Objective Field: | Assessment and management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems |
UTAS Author: | Vince, J (Dr Joanna Vince) |
UTAS Author: | Nursey-Bray, M (Ms Melissa Nursey-Bray) |
ID Code: | 109875 |
Year Published: | 2016 |
Deposited By: | School of Social Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2016-07-06 |
Last Modified: | 2017-06-23 |
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