Ocean governance: A first step

A First Look at the Science-Policy Interface for Ocean Governance in the Wider Caribbean Region

Weak governance is a root cause of the problems constraining the sustainable management of shared living marine resources within the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR). Integral to any fully functioning policy cycle in governance is the communication of marine science data and information, through the stages of the policy cycle, ultimately for use in decision-making. The networks of ties between scie...

τέχνη: A First Step

A new approach to the design of the computing curriculum for a Bachelor of Arts degree is described. The approach relies extensively on problem-based instruction and computer graphics. The novelty arises from the magnitude and origin of the problems to be integrated into the curriculum and the breadth of the impact across the curriculum. Results from a trial course, the first experiment with th...

Strengthening governance of ocean fishery resources

Governance of the world’s marine fisheries is ill-adapted to sustainability. Twenty years after the expansion of exclusive economic zones over most of the continental shelves, fisheries worldwide face problems of stock depletion, declining yields and increasing conflict. Other human activities in the ocean compound the effect. What is wrong? This paper is about the internal workings of fishery ...

The role of science in ocean governance

Sustainable governance of the ocean demands a more integral and timely role for science. Although, science hasplayed a limited role in global ocean governance regimes, science has made essential contributions to governance onregional scales, particularly when there is strong scientific consensus, clear identification of problems and solutions,and convergence with cultural ideas. Sci...

Disclosure: only a first step.