Marine governance to avoid tipping points: Can we adapt the adaptability envelope?

Silvia Serrao-Neumann; Julie L Davidson; Claudia Baldwin; Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes; Joanna C Ellison; Neil J Holbrook; Michael Howes; Christine L Jacobson; Edward A Morgan

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2015.12.007

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Marine governance to avoid tipping points: Can we adapt the adaptability envelope?

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Marine governance to avoid tipping points: Can we adapt the adaptability envelope?

Silvia Serrao-Neumann, Julie L Davidson, Claudia Baldwin, Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes, Joanna C Ellison, Neil J Holbrook, Michael Howes, Christine L Jacobson and Edward A Morgan

Marine Policy, Vol.65, pp.56-67

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.12.007

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climate change

marine systems

Australia

thresholds

vulnerability

Combined pressures from climate change, resources demand and environmental degradation could lead to the collapse of marine systems and increase the vulnerability of populations dependent on them. In this paper an adaptability envelope framework is applied to investigate how governance arrangements may be addressing changing conditions of marine social-ecological systems, particularly where thresholds might have been crossed. The analysis focuses on three Australian case studies that have been significantly impacted by variations or changes in weather and climate over the past decade. Findings indicate that, in some cases, global scale drivers are triggering tipping points, which challenge the potential success of existing governance arrangements at the local scale. Governance interventions to address tipping points have been predominantly reactive, despite existing scientific evidence indicating that thresholds are approaching and/or being crossed. It is argued that marine governance arrangements need to be framed so that they also anticipate increasing marine social-ecological system vulnerability, and therefore build appropriate adaptive capacity to buffer against potential tipping points.

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Title: Marine governance to avoid tipping points: Can we adapt the adaptability envelope?
Authors: Silvia Serrao-Neumann (Author) - Griffith University
Julie L Davidson (Author) - University of Tasmania
Claudia Baldwin (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Aysin Dedekorkut-Howes (Author) - Griffith University
Joanna C Ellison (Author) - University of Tasmania
Neil J Holbrook (Author) - University of Tasmania
Michael Howes (Author) - Griffith University
Christine L Jacobson (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Edward A Morgan (Author) - Griffith University
Publication details: Marine Policy, Vol.65, pp.56-67
Publisher: Pergamon
Date published: 2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2015.12.007
ISSN: 0308-597X
Organisation Unit: Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Engage Research Lab; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449230402621
Output Type: Journal article

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