Research Catalog

Title

Increasing capacity for stewardship of oceans and coasts : a priority for the 21st century / Committee on International Capacity-Building for the Protection and Sustainable Use of Oceans and Coasts, Ocean Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Author

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on International Capacity-Building for the Protection and Sustainable Use of Oceans and Coasts.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors

National Research Council (U.S.). Ocean Studies Board.

Description

xii, 141 pages : illustrations, map; 26 cm

Subjects

• Coastal zone management
• Marine ecosystem management
• Marine resources conservation
• Marine resources > Developing countries
• Marine resources > Management > International cooperation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-119).

Contents

1. Introduction -- Origin of the Study -- Key Concepts -- Report Organization -- 2. The Challenges of Achieving Stewardship of Oceans and Coasts -- Ocean and Coastal Ecosystems and Services -- Challenges to Our Ocean and Coastal Ecosystems -- Moving Toward Ocean and Coastal Stewardship and Ecosystem-Based Management -- Findings and Recommendations -- 3. Growing Capacity for Stewardship of Oceans and Coasts: A Work in Progress -- Investors and Investments in Capacity-Building -- How to Grow Capacity -- Findings and Recommendations -- 4. Moving Toward Effectiveness: Identifying Barriers to and Constraints on Effective Capacity-Building -- Barriers to and Constraints on Capacity-Building -- Principles for Effective Capacity-Building -- Findings and Recommendations -- 5. What Aspects of Capacity-Building Need More Emphasis? -- Needs Assessments for Capacity-Building -- Sustaining Capacity and Capacity-Building Efforts -- The Need for Effective Program Assessment -- Professional Standards -- Information for Decision-Making -- Investing in Regional Centers -- Investing in Networks -- Considering All Aspects of Governance -- Components of Effective Governance -- Leadership Development -- Increasing Capacity for Enforcement and Monitoring -- Findings and Recommendations -- 6. Building Capacity in Ocean and Coastal Governance -- The Relationship between Science and Governance -- Governance Mechanisms and Building Capacity -- Assessing Governance Capacity -- Instilling the Tools, Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes Required to Practice Ecosystem-Based Management -- Codifying Good Practices and Developing Certification Standards -- Building a Culture of Learning and Self-Assessment: The Basis of Adaptive Management -- Findings and Recommendations -- 7. The Path Ahead: Strategic and Long-Term Approaches to Capacity-Building -- A Vision for the Future -- Recommendations -- A. Committee and Staff Biographies -- B. Panama Conference 2006: Are We Meeting the Challenges of Capacity-Building for Managing Oceans and Coasts? -- C. Major Changes in Capacity-Building Since 1969 -- D. Acronyms.

ISBN

• 0309113768 (book)
• 9780309113762 (book)
• 030911375X (PDF)
• 9780309113755 (PDF)

LCCN

2008921427

OCLC

• 181599395
• ocn181599395
• SCSB-5390348

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries