Earthscan Oceans
About the Book Series
This series includes a wide range of inter-disciplinary approaches to oceans and the marine environment, integrating perspectives from both social and natural sciences. It includes research monographs, textbooks and titles aimed at professionals, NGOs and policy-makers. Authors or editors of potential new titles should contact Hannah Ferguson, Editor ([email protected]).
Management Science in Fisheries: An introduction to simulation-based methods
1st Edition
Edited
By Charles T.T. Edwards, Dorothy J. Dankel
July 31, 2018
A key goal of fisheries management is to regulate extractive pressure on a resource so as to ensure social, economic and ecological sustainability. This text provides an accessible entry point for students and professionals to management science as developed in fisheries, in order to facilitate ...
Marine Transboundary Conservation and Protected Areas
1st Edition
Edited
By Peter Mackelworth
June 08, 2018
The marine environment does not naturally respect arbitrary international boundaries. The establishment and management of transboundary marine protected areas therefore presents major governance challenges. This book analyses a series of marine transboundary conservation initiatives embedded in ...
Citizen Science for Coastal and Marine Conservation
1st Edition
Edited
By John A. Cigliano, Heidi L. Ballard
November 01, 2017
In recent years, citizen science has emerged as a powerful new concept to enable the general public, students, and volunteers to become involved in scientific research. A prime example is in biodiversity conservation, where data collection and monitoring can be greatly enhanced through citizen ...
Transboundary Marine Spatial Planning and International Law
1st Edition
Edited
By Daud Hassan, Tuomas Kuokkanen, Niko Soininen
October 12, 2017
Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) is an integrated and comprehensive approach to ocean governance and is used to establish a rational use of marine space and reconcile conflicting interests of its users. MSP allows both a high level of environmental protection and a wide range of human activities ...
Marine and Coastal Resource Management: Principles and Practice
1st Edition
Edited
By David R. Green, Jeffrey L. Payne
September 21, 2017
In this new and highly original textbook for a range of interdisciplinary courses and degree programmes focusing on marine and coastal resource management, readers are offered an introduction to the subject matter, a broad perspective and understanding, case study applications, and a reference ...
Sharks: Conservation, Governance and Management
1st Edition
Edited
By Erika Techera, Natalie Klein
July 31, 2017
The key aim of this book is to explore the global conservation and management of sharks. There has been a rapid decline in populations of many shark species, while new science has emerged of the critical role they play in marine ecosystems. However, the authors show that conservation law and ...
The Great Barrier Reef: An Environmental History
1st Edition
By Ben Daley
May 25, 2017
The Great Barrier Reef is located along the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia and is the world's largest coral reef ecosystem. Designated a World Heritage Area, it has been subject to increasing pressures from tourism, fishing, pollution and climate change, and is now protected as a ...
Governing the Coastal Commons: Communities, Resilience and Transformation
1st Edition
Edited
By Derek Armitage, Anthony Charles, Fikret Berkes
May 03, 2017
Coastal communities depend on the marine environment for their livelihoods, but the common property nature of marine resources poses major challenges for the governance of such resources. Through detailed cases and consideration of broader global trends, this volume examines how coastal communities...
Governing Marine Protected Areas: Resilience through Diversity
1st Edition
By Peter Jones
March 03, 2016
In this innovative volume, the author addresses some important challenges related to the effective and equitable governance of marine protected areas (MPAs). These challenges are explored through a study of 20 MPA case studies from around the world. A novel governance analysis framework ...
Ocean Zoning: Making Marine Management More Effective
1st Edition
By Tundi Agardy
August 07, 2015
Our knowledge of the oceans is increasing rapidly, as more powerful tools for exploration and exploitation make it easier to locate valuable resources, such as fish stocks, oil and gas reserves, or sites for wind and hydropower schemes. At the same time competition for space has intensified, ...
Marine Biodiversity, Climatic Variability and Global Change
1st Edition
By Grégory Beaugrand
January 14, 2015
Biodiversity loss in terrestrial environments associated with human activities has been appreciated as a major issue for some years now. What is less well documented is the effect of such activities, including climate change, on marine biodiversity. This pioneering book is the first to address...
Marine Biodiversity Conservation: A Practical Approach
1st Edition
By Keith Hiscock
October 08, 2014
Effective marine biodiversity conservation is dependent upon a clear scientific rationale for practical interventions. This book is intended to provide knowledge and tools for marine conservation practitioners and to identify issues and mechanisms for upper-level undergraduate and Masters students....