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Scientific advice in integrated ocean management: The process towards the Barents Sea plan

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It is widely held that integrated management of ocean areas needs to be based on integrated scientific advice. Such advice crosses disciplinary and traditional sector boundaries. This paper aims to provide insight into the role of science and scientific knowledge in a process towards integrated ocean management. It does so by exploring the organization of the process towards the integrated management plan for the Barents Sea-Lofoten area in Norway. It sheds light on the complexity of management questions in a context characterized by uncertainty and political controversy, largely concerning petroleum activity. Scientists were asked to provide a dynamic view on these issues and have delivered important material that furthers the task of policy development. However, there is a persisting lack of understanding about the consequences of human impact on the ecosystem. The paper finishes by pointing at the need for a larger societal discussion on what activities we consider appropriate, considering the limits of science to provide the knowledge base for questions that transcend the environmental domain.

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  • Knol, Maaike, 2010. "Scientific advice in integrated ocean management: The process towards the Barents Sea plan," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 34(2), pages 252-260, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:marpol:v:34:y:2010:i:2:p:252-260
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    1. Yitong Chen & Huirong Liu, 2023. "Critical Perspectives on the New Situation of Global Ocean Governance," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(14), pages 1-17, July.
    2. Bremer, Scott, 2014. "‘No right to rubbish’: Mobilising post-normal science for planning Gisborne’s wastewater outfall," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 46(C), pages 22-30.

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