To listen to Negotiating the Ocean, visit: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ygQz4DwYEBWOBMxFm46RV?si=63b64870b4544925
The Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) is hosting a new Podcast on Ocean Equity: Negotiating the Ocean. It will cover various international ocean negotiations, particularly on Marine Biodiversity, Fisheries and Deep-Sea Mining.
Ocean negotiations are necessary to ensure the effective management of transboundary marine resources, and the conservation and protection of deep-sea marine biodiversity and ecosystems. Marine biodiversity, fisheries, deep-sea mining, climate change, and pollution are all inherently international and require cooperation at multiple levels. In an interconnected ocean, governance cannot be successful when conducted in silos and the complexity of ocean governance with its multiple actors can be difficult to grasp. The podcast informs listeners about current issues and connects the different negotiation fora where decisions on the future of our ocean are taken, explores equity concerns and provides recommendations for a transformative future ocean governance.
This podcast is an open-source discussion on current negotiations, enabling a more inclusive understanding for those who cannot attend international meetings, as well as providing an information base for new diplomats, representatives of different intergovernmental organisations and researchers with an interest in ocean-related negotiations. We intend for the podcast to provide a refresher on individual topics and valuable preparation for those involved or interested in understanding how these topics matter to each and every one of us and what is at stake.
Hosts:
- Jennifer Macey , Podcast Producer & Journalist
- Ina Tessnow-von Wysocki , Ocean Nexus Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ANCORS
- Bianca Haas , ANCORS Research Fellow
In the first episode we meet some of the ANCORS researchers working on different aspects of Ocean Equity.
What does Ocean Equity mean to them and why is it so important in ocean negotiations?
In this Episode you will meet ANCORS researchers…
‘Equity is not just an outcome but a process. It’s an ongoing activity.’
Quentin Hanich, Professor at ANCORS, leading the Fisheries Governance Program
‘Four key principles of ocean equity… achieving fairness, respecting rights, preventing harm, supporting flourishing.’
Michelle Voyer, Assoc.-Professor at ANCORS, leading the Blue Futures Program
‘I’m really motivated by that idea of intergenerational equity. […] I think that is such a responsibility that we have to try and do what we can now to minimise that impact for the countless millions of people that are still ahead of us to live their lives.’
Freya Croft, Post-doctoral Researcher, ANCORS
‘In the regime on deep-seabed mining ocean equity is about collective resource management and the sharing of benefits. […] My work looks at how to make sure that the management of deep ocean mineral resources is based on good governance principles, such as transparency and public participation.’
Aline Jaeckel, Associate Professor at ANCORS
‘The big equity issue that we face at the moment is climate change.’
Kamal Azmi, Senior Research Fellow, ANCORS & Coordinator of the Graduate Certificate in Fisheries Management and Development
‘Ocean equity is where there is a platform for voices to not only be heard but validated. […] In western scholarship, we are very much trained to maintain an objective perspective, which has a tendency to disconnect us from our environment and the ocean. In other cultures, this disconnection does not always exist, but the connection is very much alive.’
Randa Sacedon, ANCORS Research Fellow
‘I feel like it’s such a little thing to give back by just working in this space and making sure that I advocate for those who can’t speak for themselves, both human and non-human.’
Makrita Solitei, Associate Research Fellow, ANCORS
To listen to Negotiating the Ocean, visit: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ygQz4DwYEBWOBMxFm46RV?si=63b64870b4544925