TY - JOUR
T1 - Working together for our oceans
T2 - A marine spatial plan for Algoa Bay, South Africa
AU - Dorrington, Rosemary A.
AU - Lombard, Amanda T.
AU - Bornman, Thomas G.
AU - Adams, Janine B.
AU - Cawthra, Hayley C.
AU - Deyzel, Shaun H.P.
AU - Goschen, Wayne S.
AU - Liu, Kenneth
AU - Mahler-Coetzee, Jacques
AU - Matcher, Gwynneth F.
AU - McQuaid, Christopher
AU - Parker-Nance, Shirley
AU - Paterson, Angus
AU - Perissinotto, Renzo
AU - Porri, Francesca
AU - Roberts, Michael
AU - Snow, Bernadette
AU - Vrancken, Patrick
N1 - © 2018. The Author(s).
Published under a Creative
Commons Attribution Licence.
PY - 2018/3/27
Y1 - 2018/3/27
N2 - Southern Africa occupies a critical position within the southern hemisphere for the study of broadscale global change and the three oceans around South Africa (the Atlantic, Indian and Southern Oceans) play a vital role in determining local and regional climate and weather patterns. Oceans and coasts also provide various resources and services (e.g. food and carbon sequestration), but these services are threatened by human activities. Uncertainty of the impact and consequences of these anthropogenic activities makes it problematic to manage marine resources. Given the recent global emphasis on the development of ‘ocean economies’, the exploitation of living (fisheries, aquaculture and tourism) and non-living (oil and gas, minerals, energy) marine resources should be on a scale that is socially and economically justifiable and ecologically sustainable.
AB - Southern Africa occupies a critical position within the southern hemisphere for the study of broadscale global change and the three oceans around South Africa (the Atlantic, Indian and Southern Oceans) play a vital role in determining local and regional climate and weather patterns. Oceans and coasts also provide various resources and services (e.g. food and carbon sequestration), but these services are threatened by human activities. Uncertainty of the impact and consequences of these anthropogenic activities makes it problematic to manage marine resources. Given the recent global emphasis on the development of ‘ocean economies’, the exploitation of living (fisheries, aquaculture and tourism) and non-living (oil and gas, minerals, energy) marine resources should be on a scale that is socially and economically justifiable and ecologically sustainable.
KW - Community of practice
KW - Marine law
KW - Ocean governance
KW - Oceanography
KW - Social-ecological system
KW - System dynamics
KW - Systematic biodiversity plan
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85044852514
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U2 - 10.17159/sajs.2018/a0247
DO - 10.17159/sajs.2018/a0247
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:85044852514
VL - 114
JO - South African Journal of Science
JF - South African Journal of Science
IS - 3-4
M1 - #a0247
ER -
Life below water