POLARGOV · From an environmental to a resource regime? Institutional innovation for the management of Tourism and Marine Protected Areas within the Antarctic Treaty governance
„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“
- Период
- 2017-09-06 → 2019-09-23
- Финансиране от ЕС
- 183 455 €
- Участници
- 1
- Схема
- MSCA-IF-EF-ST
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Накратко на български
Управлението на Антарктика се анализира чрез примери с туризма и създаването на морски защитени зони. Това помага да се разбере как да се балансира между опазването на природата и човешката дейност в глобален мащаб.
Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.
Резултати накратко
From an environmental to a resource regime? Institutional innovation for the management of Tourism and Marine Protected Areas within the Antarctic Treaty governance
POLARGOV proposed to research in what extent the Antarctic Treaty was able to address resource regime activities, changing from an environmental regime to a resource one. The Antarctic Treaty has so far operated successfully on a consensus decision-making basis and the suspension of sovereignty claims has set a more complex governance framework in the region. Commercial activities such as tourism and fishing, challenge the extent in which the Treaty can be acknowledged as the main governing body in the region. As both activities involve multi-level governance, POLARGOV evaluated the resilience of the Antarctic Treaty to institutional innovation when managing tourism and when designating Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Antarctic Tourism has grown exponentially in the last years, as well as proposals for MPAs have been stagnated in the meetings of the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). The balance between environment protection and human activities is one of the greatest challenges of our times. Therefore the Antarctic Treaty can offer important lessons to global governance arrangements around the world. The ability to reach agreement on certain topics - such as scientific research and environmental protection - whilst manoeuvring those that would involve a sovereignty solution, it is one of the biggest achievements of the regime. POLARGOV proposed to map the institutional evolution of Tourism and MPAs designation through the agreements reached at the Treaty, and the scholarship about both cases. POLARGOV identified the main stakeholders and attended their meetings in 2018. Through 70 interviews, POLARGOV gathered their perspective on the management of Antarctic Tourism and MPAs. At the end, POLARGOV concluded that tourism stakeholders diverge on how tourism should be managed. Although an informal public-private partnership seems to be the favoured model, there was no consensus if the International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators (IAATO) should be the leading body. Whereas MPAs stakeholders tended to support the current framework, rejecting forms of co-management.
Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз
Цел на проекта
The Antarctica Treaty presents one of the most intriguing environmental regimes to international relations: its institutionalisation has intensified as much as the Treaty has been able to keep controversy away from its governance. The current arrangement postpones, outsources or builds an ambiguous guidance towards any subject which might undermine its consensual foundation. But are these solutions able to keep the Antarctic Treaty's resilience as a regime? Antarctic history shows that expectations towards resource activities within the region has triggered challenges to this framework. Nevertheless, Antarctic Tourism and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are current activities respectively outsourced and avoided by the Treaty, despite of their direct impact on the Antarctic Treaty operation. Therefore, this proposal aims to contribute towards the Antarctic Treaty governance, proposing institutional innovations which would support the Treaty to manage complex, multilevel and controversial activities. Based on stakeholders' assessment of the Antarctic Treaty governance on Tourism and MPAs, hybrid strategies and institutional interplay will be developed and presented for discussion to these actors. The project expects to directly contribute for the Treaty’s resilience as a regime, to increase public awareness on Antarctic matters through open access information and engaging outreach strategies, and to develop a European perspective on Antarctic politics. A vibrant research environment, expertise on environmental and resource regimes, and training for the researcher will be offered by the University of Leeds, enabling the development of the proposal and the boosting of the researcher’s career as an academic and expert on Antarctic politics. Furthermore, the researcher's experience in Antarctic treaties and networking, as well as her expertise in academic research, will result into publications and partnerships, establishing a European research legacy for Antarctic politics
Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).
Участници
- UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS · LeedsКоординаторОбединеното кралство
Връзки
Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз