Managing Marine Environments

Question 1

The four global commons

Answer 1

global commons = global resources lying outside political reach of any one state

• for governance of these commons to be successful, degree os harmonisation between laws of stets using these oceans
• Four GC: oceans, atmosphere, Antarctica and outer space

Question 2

Changing perceptive on managing oceans as a global common

Answer 2

• tragedy of commons = originally used to describe unsustainable land use due to exploitation of share/common resource
• ocean fisheries at risk of over exploitation and depletion without controls as they don’t have time to breed
• technology improvements including, long lining, use of sonar to detect shoals, huge factory ships with onboard freezers

Question 3

Forms of regulation in marine environment management

Answer 3

• conservation = sustainable use of resources, continued use with limits applied
• preservation = management approach, such as ban