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Boundary Objects and Global Consensus: Scalar Narratives of Marine Conservation in the Convention on Biological Diversity

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  • Noella J. Gray

    (Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Guelph, Canada)

  • Rebecca L. Gruby

    (Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources at Colorado State University)

  • Lisa M. Campbell

    (Rachel Carson Associate Professor in Marine Affairs and Policy, in the Nicholas School of Environment, Duke University)

Abstract

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) continues to promote marine protected areas (MPAs) as a preferred tool for marine biodiversity conservation, in spite of concerns over their effectiveness and equity. However, explanations for this consensus on the utility of MPAs focus primarily on their measurability and ignore the ways in which they are conceptualized through ongoing governance processes. Drawing on the results of collaborative event ethnography at the Tenth Conference of the Parties to the CBD, this paper adopts the concepts of boundary objects and scalar narratives to analyze the ways in which consensus on MPAs is produced, in spite of conflicting understandings of MPA forms and functions. Both a local narrative of participatory MPAs and a global narrative of science driven high seas conservation articulate a regional scale as ideal for MPA governance, although with different priorities. Ultimately, consensus at the CBD is enabled only by accommodating competing visions of MPAs. © 2014 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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  • Noella J. Gray & Rebecca L. Gruby & Lisa M. Campbell, 2014. "Boundary Objects and Global Consensus: Scalar Narratives of Marine Conservation in the Convention on Biological Diversity," Global Environmental Politics, MIT Press, vol. 14(3), pages 64-83, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:glenvp:v:14:y:2014:i:3:p:64-83
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    Cited by:

    1. Barbara Quimby & Arielle Levine, 2018. "Participation, Power, and Equity: Examining Three Key Social Dimensions of Fisheries Comanagement," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-20, September.

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    Keywords

    marine conservation; biological diversity; marine protected areas; MPAs; collaborative event ethnography; CEE; CBD; scalar narratives;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • Q20 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - General
    • P48 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies

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