Fonk, Karolin (2022) Boundary Spanning in the planning process of Marine Protected Areas. Master thesis.
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Abstract
Within the last decades, the use of marine space and marine resources increased rapidly on a global scale. However, this development does not come without any consequences for the marine environment, which in the end, can also affect human well-being. Because of this, many international and national conventions exist, aiming at an improvement of the marine environment. One main tool for achievement are marine protected areas (MPAs) which covered roughly 7 % of the world’s oceans in 2018. Unfortunately, according to literature, many of these remain ineffective as their management plans are not based on current scientific information. This thesis investigates into the science-policy interface and the role of boundary spanning approaches within a German case study. To gain research results, a qualitative document analysis and semi-structured interviews were conducted. The results show that the science-policy interface within the development process of the management plans for three marine protected areas in the German EEZ in the North Sea, is not characterized by such a strong boundary of communication and interaction. Further, different approaches of boundary spanning are already conducted. However, another problem was identified: a high number of involved stakeholders is reducing the quality of protection measures to low-impact compromises. Concluding, it can be said that German MPAs run the risk of being seen as ‘paper parks’. It is recommended to set focus on the development of synergies between human activities and marine conservation practices as well as to create stronger and clear management measures for protection.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Environmental & Infrastructure Planning |
| Supervisor: | Busscher, T. |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jul 2022 11:10 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Jul 2022 11:10 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3805 |
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