Conserving the oceans : the politics of large marine protected areas / Justin Alger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alger, Justin, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine parks and reserves--Government policy.

Marine parks and reserves.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour).

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

'Conserving the Oceans' documents the efforts of activists and states to increase the pace and scale of global ocean protections, leading to a new global norm in ocean conservation of large marine protected areas (MPAs) exceeding 200,000 km2. Through an analysis of domestic political economies, the book explains how states have protected millions of square kilometers of ocean space while remaining highly responsive to the interests of businesses. It argues that states design environmental policies above all around two key features of a given space: (1) the composition of extractive versus non-extractive industry interests; and (2) the salience of various industry interests, defined as the degree to which businesses would suffer tangible and significant costs in response to new environmental regulations.

Contents:

Cover

Conserving the Oceans

Copyright

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

1. A New Era of Ocean Conservation

Part I

2. Rethinking Ocean Protection

3. The Political Economy of Conservation

Part II

4. Presidents Bush and Obama in the Pacific Remote Islands

5. A "Paper Park" in the Australian Coral Sea

6. A Dive Tourism Haven in Palau

7. Conclusion: A Solution to Ocean Decline?

Appendix: List of Interviewees

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-754055-4

0-19-754056-2

0-19-754054-6

OCLC:

1224019624