Tinkering with a tanker—slow evolution of a Swedish ecosystem approach. (2nd February 2017)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Tinkering with a tanker—slow evolution of a Swedish ecosystem approach. (2nd February 2017)
- Main Title:
- Tinkering with a tanker—slow evolution of a Swedish ecosystem approach
- Authors:
- Österblom, Henrik
Hentati-Sundberg, Jonas
Nevonen, Nea
Veem, Katarina - Editors:
- Link, Jason
- Abstract:
- Abstract : The ecosystem approach is a salient policy paradigm originating from a scientific understanding of the reality of complex ecosystem dynamics. In this article, we investigate how Swedish national marine policies and practice between 2002 and 2015 have changed towards an ecosystem approach. Government documents, the scientific literature, institutional changes, changes in legislation, pilot projects, and changes in science and public opinion were reviewed and combined with information from expert interviews. We found that changes in policy and practice have slowly stimulated the development of an ecosystem approach, but that limited political leadership, challenges of coordination, different agency cultures, and limited learning appears to be key barriers for further and more substantial change. We compare and contrast the Swedish national process of change with other documented experiences of implementing an ecosystem approach and find that several countries struggle with similar challenges. Substantial work still remains in Sweden and we provide suggestions for how to stimulate further and more substantial change at the national level.
- Is Part Of:
- ICES journal of marine science. Volume 74:Number 1(2017)
- Journal:
- ICES journal of marine science
- Issue:
- Volume 74:Number 1(2017)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 74, Issue 1 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 74
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0074-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 443
- Page End:
- 452
- Publication Date:
- 2017-02-02
- Subjects:
- Adaptive governance -- fisheries management -- marine resources -- natural resource management -- resilience -- social-ecological system -- sustainability science.
Ocean -- Periodicals
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Marine biology -- Bibliography -- Periodicals
551.4605 - Journal URLs:
- http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/ ↗
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10543139 ↗
http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1093/icesjms/fsw232 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1054-3139
- Deposit Type:
- Legaldeposit
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- British Library DSC - 4361.491000
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