Elgar Companion to Ocean Governance and the Sustainable Development Goals

Edited by Barbara Neumann, Research Group Leader, Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS), GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, Daniela Diz, Associate Professor, The Lyell Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK and Ben Boteler, Senior Research Associate, Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS), GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany

‘The Companion artfully describes ocean governance within the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and associated environmental governance agreements. Both an in-depth overview of science and policy, and a guide to opportunities for improvement, synergies, and transformation of multilateralism, this book is essential reading to achieve the ocean we want.’

• ContentsForeword xviiiAmbassador Peter Thomson, United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoyfor the OceanAcknowledgements xxList of abbreviations xxiPART I INTRODUCTION1 Governing the ocean for a sustainable future: The Elgar Companion toOcean Governance and the Sustainable Development Goals 2Barbara Neumann, Daniela Diz and Ben BotelerPART II THE 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ANDTHE OCEAN2 Source-to-sea governance approaches for the prevention and reduction ofmarine pollution 24Judith van Leeuwen and Jessica Vandenberg3 Conserving, protecting, and managing marine ecosystems 47Daniela Diz, Gaute Hanssen and David Johnson4 Addressing the climate and ocean nexus 65Marine Lecerf, Loreley Picourt, Joachim Claudet and Anaïs Deprez5 Sustainable fisheries management: critical reflection on SDG 14.4 and theecosystem approach to fisheries 84Mariano Koen-Alonso and Daniela Diz6 Building sustainable ocean economies for Small Island Developing Statesand least developed countries 105Louis Celliers, Riad Sultan, António Pinto Almeida, Corrine Almeida,Sylvanna Antat, Stuart Laing, Blandina Lugendo and Julius Francis Woiso7 Advancing ocean knowledge, research, and data 129Jörn O. Schmidt8 Implementing international law for the conservation and sustainable use ofthe ocean 147Catherine Blanchard and Malou EstierPART III IMPLEMENTING THE 2030 AGENDA FOR THE OCEAN9 Implementation on the ground: making SDG 14 work for the ocean andpeople in sub-Saharan Africa 166Shannon Hampton10 Partnerships and development cooperation: supporting implementation ofSDG 14 at the international level 182Raimund Bleischwitz, Raymond Kwojori Ayilu and Achim Schlüter11 Blue finance: financing for ocean conservation and sustainable use 207Stuart Laing and Angelique Pouponneau12 Ocean conservation: using area-based measures to benefit nature andpeople 229Kirsten Grorud-Colvert, Jenna Sullivan-Stack, Estradivari and StevenMana‘oakamai Johnson13 Achieving the 2030 Agenda through marine spatial planning: a criticalperspective 244Elena Gissi, Stefano Menegon, Andrea Barbanti, Catarina FrazãoSantos, Lisa Wedding, Tundi Agardy and Emiliano Ramieri14 Tides of knowledge: ocean knowledge co-creation at the science–society–policy ecotone 264Dylan McGarry, Elisa Morgera and Kerry Sink15 Digitalisation of the ocean and ocean governance: digital twins of theocean 281Ute Brönner, Ann-Christine Zinkann and Martin VisbeckPART IV GOVERNING THE OCEAN FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE16 Towards more effective ocean governance: regional approaches andintegrated governance 302Robin Mahon17 Sustainable blue economy: critical reflections 323Jean-Baptiste Jouffray and Robert Blasiak18 A legally-binding instrument for biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction:closing the implementation gap through cooperation 343Ben Boteler and Daniela Diz19 Deep seabed mining, the International Seabed Authority, and theSustainable Development Goals 355Aline Jaeckel and Pradeep A. Singh20 Marine carbon dioxide removal: an emerging topic for ocean governanceand the sustainability agenda 373Barbara Neumann, Lina Röschel, Miranda Böttcher and Neil Craik21 Life above, beyond, and with water: thinking SDG 14 critically forrepoliticising ocean governance 396Vani Sreekanta and Kimberley Peters22 Ocean equity for whom? Non-humans as ocean equity subjects 410Ina Tessnow-von Wysocki and Quentin Hanich