Journal article
Policy capacity in oceans governance: Rio+20 and Australia s outcomes
Australian Journal of Maritime and Ocean Affairs, Vol.8(3), pp.165-179
2016
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.
Details
- Title
- Policy capacity in oceans governance: Rio+20 and Australia s outcomes
- Authors
- Joanna Vince (Author) - University of TasmaniaMelissa Nursey-Bray (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
- Publication details
- Australian Journal of Maritime and Ocean Affairs, Vol.8(3), pp.165-179
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date published
- 2016
- DOI
- 10.1080/18366503.2016.1201643
- ISSN
- 1836-6503
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450513402621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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