A5026244937- Coastal and Marine Management
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Mining and Resource Management
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Rural development and sustainability
- Marine and fisheries research
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Marine animal studies overview
- Public Policy and Administration Research
- Transboundary Water Resource Management
- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Urban Planning and Governance
- Policy Transfer and Learning
- Forest Management and Policy
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
- Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
- International Maritime Law Issues
- Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
2015-2024
James Cook University
2015-2024
Australian Research Council
2016-2024
The University of Melbourne
2023-2024
Wageningen University & Research
2024
The University of Queensland
2009-2020
University of Arizona
2019
Rothman Institute
2016-2017
University of Newcastle Australia
2016
Canadian Heritage
2015
Abstract The notion of transformation is gaining traction in contemporary sustainability debates. New ways theorising and supporting transformations are emerging and, so the argument goes, opening exciting spaces to (re)imagine (re)structure radically different futures. Yet, questions remain about how term being translated from an academic concept into assemblage normative policies practices, this process might shape social, political, environmental change. Motivated by these questions, we...
Failure to address unsustainable global change is often attributed failures in conventional environmental governance. Polycentric governance—the popular alternative—involves many centres of authority interacting coherently for a common governance goal. Yet, longitudinal analysis reveals polycentric systems are struggling cope with the growing impacts, pace, and scope social change. Analytic shortcomings also beginning appear, particularly treatment power. Here we draw together diverse...
Polycentric governance involves multiple actors at scales beyond the state. The potential of polycentric for promoting both climate mitigation and adaptation is well established. Yet, dominant conceptualizations pay scant attention to how power dynamics affect structure outcomes action. We review emerging evidence on within distributed across climate, forestry, marine, coastal, urban, water sectors, relate them established positions research federalism, decentralization, international...
Abstract Mangrove forests store high amounts of carbon, protect communities from storms, and support fisheries. Mangroves exist in complex social-ecological systems, hence identifying socioeconomic conditions associated with decreasing losses increasing gains remains challenging albeit important. The impact national governance conservation policies on mangrove at the landscape-scale has not been assessed to date, nor have interactions local economic pressures biophysical drivers. Here, we...
Significance Global sustainability depends on robust environmental governance regimes. An investigation of the Great Barrier Reef regime between 1975 and 2016 reveals how complex regimes become increasingly structurally dense eventually reach a point stabilization. However, structural complexity stability alone do not necessarily mean system is robust. Instead, but stable structure can mask exogenous change, which then generate more endogenous change; this phenomenon has implications for...
Turner, R. A., J. Addison, A. Arias, B. Bergseth, N. Marshall, T. H. Morrison, and C. Tobin. 2016. Trust, confidence, equity affect the legitimacy of natural resource governance. Ecology Society 21(3):18.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08542-210318
The unprecedented global heatwave of 2014–2017 was a defining event for many ecosystems. Widespread degradation caused by coral bleaching, example, highlighted the vulnerability hundreds millions people dependent on reefs their livelihoods, well-being, and food security. Scientists policy makers are now reassessing long-held assumptions about coping with anthropogenic climate change, particularly assumption that strong local institutions can maintain ecological social resilience through...
Gender equality is a mainstream principle of good environmental governance and sustainable development. Progress toward gender in the fisheries sector critical for effective equitable development outcomes coastal countries. However, while commitments to have surged at global, regional national levels, little known about how this constructed, implemented across different geographies contexts. Consequently, progress difficult assess navigate. To identify influential policy instruments (n =...
Abstract The term “climate emergency” represents a new phase in climate change framing that many hope will invigorate more action. Yet there has been relatively little discussion of how the emergency might shape broader governance and policy. In this advanced review, we critically review synthesize existing literature on crisis to inform our understanding shift affect Specifically, explore policy argue is no simple answer whether be supportive policy; rather, work needs done understand...
Recent studies suggest that the pervasive impacts on global fishery resources caused by stressors such as overfishing and climate change could dramatically increase likelihood of conflict. However, existing projections do not consider wider economic, social, or political trends when assessing of, influences on, future conflict trajectories. In this paper, we build four scenarios considering multiple drivers derived from an expert workshop, a longitudinal database international conflict,...
Abstract Success or failure of a polycentric system is function complex political and social processes, such as coordination between actors venues to solve specialized policy problems. Yet there currently no accepted method for isolating distinct processes coordination, nor understand how their variance affects governance performance. We develop test building‐blocks approach that uses different patterns “motifs” measuring comparing longitudinally on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Our...