Decent work in fisheries: Current trends and key considerations for future research and policy

Marine Policy, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 136, С. 104922 - 104922

Опубликована: Дек. 22, 2021

Labor issues and human rights violations have become the subject of rising concern in fisheries seafood production. This paper reviews recent research on labor fishing industry, especially by environmental researchers nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) which are emerging as key players policy arenas. Recent has focused largely severe such forced labor, particularly 'hotspot' geographies, often relying indicators risk-based approaches given paucity data challenges monitoring working conditions. proposes that decent work – a concept associated with institutional history International Organization (ILO) but broad implications can contribute to overcoming gaps landscape, assessing improving range fisheries. The elaborates some considerations for studying promoting industry. Assessing achieving world's requires (1) holistic approach work, concerns understood context interrelated interdependent sets rights, (2) consideration complex political-economic regimes histories production is embedded, perhaps most importantly, (3) workers play central role voice defining work. concludes future directions discussion promising pathways

Язык: Английский

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Voluntary commitments made by the world’s largest companies focus on recycling and packaging over other actions to address the plastics crisis

One Earth, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 5(11), С. 1286 - 1306

Опубликована: Ноя. 1, 2022

Язык: Английский

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Agreements and benefits in emerging ocean sectors: Are we moving towards an equitable Blue Economy?

Ocean & Coastal Management, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 220, С. 106097 - 106097

Опубликована: Фев. 25, 2022

Язык: Английский

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Scientific mobilization of keystone actors for biosphere stewardship

Scientific Reports, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 12(1)

Опубликована: Март 4, 2022

The biosphere crisis requires changes to existing business practices. We ask how corporations can become sustainability leaders, when constrained by multiple barriers collaboration for stewardship. describe scientists motivated, inspired and engaged with ten of the world's largest seafood companies, in a collaborative process aimed enable science-based systemic transformations (2015-2021). CEOs faced industry crises 2015 that incentivized novel approaches. New scientific insights, an invitation collaborate, bold vision transformative change towards ocean stewardship, created new opportunities direction. Co-creation solutions resulted knowledge trust, joint agenda action, capacities, international recognition, formalization organization, increased policy influence, time-bound goals, convergence corporate change. Independently funded helped remove cooperation, provided means reflection, guided strategies actions toward By 2021, individuals exercised leadership initiative had transitioned from preliminary uncomfortable conversations, dynamic, operational capacity perform global industry. Mobilizing transformational agency through learning, collaboration, innovation represents cultural evolution potential redirect accelerate benefit business, people planet.

Язык: Английский

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Diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Blue Economy: Why they matter and how do we achieve them?

Frontiers in Political Science, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 4

Опубликована: Янв. 13, 2023

The Blue Economy (BE) has captured the attention of diverse interests to ocean and there is rising concern about making it more equitable inclusive. As currently stands, diversity, social equity, inclusion considerations have not been foregrounded in discourse surrounding BE are continuously overlooked undervalued. This paper reviews ongoing inequalities distribution benefits costs across different groups society. It also explores why equity matters, how can be achieved. Mirroring call for under-represented or marginalized receive a fair share returns, which may than they received date. Our analysis shows that between 1988 2017, Germany–based company registered 39% all known marine genetic resources, while three companies Asia control 30% market seafood sector 2018. These findings show high consolidation space by top corporations. Therefore, this argues exclusion within investments undermine ocean-based activities such as wildlife conservation initiatives disrupt sustainability agenda.

Язык: Английский

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Five social science intervention areas for ocean sustainability initiatives

npj Ocean Sustainability, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 2(1)

Опубликована: Дек. 9, 2023

Abstract Ocean sustainability initiatives – in research, policy, management and development will be more effective delivering comprehensive benefits when they proactively engage with, invest use social knowledge. We synthesize five intervention areas for engagement collaboration with marine scientists, doing so we appeal to all ocean science disciplines non-academics working industry, government, funding agencies civil society. The are: (1) Using ethics guide decision-making, (2) Improving governance, (3) Aligning human behavior goals values, (4) Addressing impacts on people, (5) Building transdisciplinary partnerships co-producing transformation pathways. These focal can the four phases of most (Intention, Design, Implementation, Evaluation) improve avoid harm. Early integration knowledge from during intention setting design offers deepest potential benefits. Later stage collaborations leverage opportunities existing projects reflect learn while improving impact assessments, transparency reporting future activities.

Язык: Английский

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Making marine biotechnology work for people and nature

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 7(4), С. 482 - 485

Опубликована: Янв. 23, 2023

Transforming the rapidly growing ocean economy into a 'blue economy' based on principles of sustainability, equity and inclusivity is crucial. We contend that marine biotechnology not this trajectory more holistic approach for people nature needed to bring blue economy.

Язык: Английский

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Shaping nature outcomes in corporate settings

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 379(1903)

Опубликована: Апрель 21, 2024

Transnational companies have substantive impacts on nature: a hallmark of living in the Anthropocene. Understanding these through company provision information is precursor to holding them accountable for nature outcomes. The effect increasing disclosures (of varying quality) predicated ‘information governance’, an approach that uses disclosure requirements drive behaviour. However, its efficacy not guaranteed. We argue three conditions are required before possibility shape outcomes, namely: (1) radical traceability links actions outcomes particular settings; (2) developing organizational routines, tools and approaches translate strategic intent on-the-ground behaviour; (3) mobilizing aligning financial actors with corporate ambitions. While key each conditions, limits must be taken into account it nested governance action, just reporting. This article part theme issue ‘Bringing decision-making’.

Язык: Английский

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Rethinking sustainability of marine fisheries for a fast-changing planet

npj Ocean Sustainability, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 3(1)

Опубликована: Сен. 23, 2024

Abstract Many seafood products marketed as “sustainable” are not. More exacting sustainability standards needed to respond a fast-changing world and support United Nations SDGs. Future fisheries must operate on principles that minimise impacts marine life, adapt climate change allow regeneration of depleted biodiversity, while supporting enhancing the health, wellbeing resilience people communities. We set out 11 actions achieve these goals.

Язык: Английский

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Blue Economy and Blue Activities: Opportunities, Challenges, and Recommendations for The Bahamas

Water, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 13(10), С. 1399 - 1399

Опубликована: Май 17, 2021

Following the global shutdown of tourism at onset COVID-19 pandemic, small island developing states such as The Bahamas had their economies immobilized due to heavy dependence on industry. Beyond economic recovery in a post paradigm, blue economy, growth, and associated activities offer pathways for more resilient economy is well-suited Bahamas. This paper suggests conduits development using traditional strength, coastal marine tourism, conjunction with emerging fields ocean renewable energy, offshore aquaculture, biotechnology, bioprospecting. interlinkages between each activity are discussed. Knowledge gaps environment monitoring identified. In sector case, strategic tactical decision-making can be achieved through exploitation numerical modeling observations, consequently should invested developed alongside requisite computational resources. Blue growth encouraged, but instances injustice also highlighted. Crucially, pursuing given top national priority prosperity.

Язык: Английский

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