Transforming coastal and marine management: Deliberative democracy and integrated management in New South Wales, Australia

Brooks, K; Barclay, K; Grafton, RQ; Gollan, N

Transforming coastal and marine management: Deliberative democracy and integrated management in New South Wales, Australia

Brooks, K Barclay, K

Grafton, RQ Gollan, N

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Marine Policy, 2020, pp. 104053-104053
Issue Date:: 2020-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Brooks, K
dc.contributor.author	Barclay, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4779-0965
dc.contributor.author	Grafton, RQ
dc.contributor.author	Gollan, N
dc.date.accessioned	2020-07-28T00:45:05Z
dc.date.available	2020-07-28T00:45:05Z
dc.date.issued	2020-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Marine Policy, 2020, pp. 104053-104053
dc.identifier.issn	0308-597X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/141879
dc.description.abstract	© 2020 The Authors The integrated management (IM) of coastal and marine environments is an enduring problem, particularly in multi-sectoral and jurisdictional systems, with coastal management of New South Wales (NSW), Australia being no exception. Historically, NSW coastal and marine management was dominated by ecological and economic approaches, implemented in parallel through multiple government agencies with overlapping jurisdictions. A review in 2012 of NSW marine park management recommended addressing the unintended consequences of this management approach, and the Marine Estate Management Act (2014), was established to integrate management of the whole of the NSW coast. This paper discusses the role that a deliberative democratic approach has played in the approach to IM undertaken by the NSW Marine Estate Management Authority (MEMA). The NSW MEMA case study provides a robust reflection of the challenges identified by the literature in implementing effective integrated management, being the alignment of values, visions and methods of assessment, across multiple resources, ecosystems, stakeholders and administrative jurisdictions. Deliberative democratic approaches were used in reviewing the MEMA case to analyse its ability to address some of the challenges and realise benefits of IM. However, despite benefits being identified, a key finding is that achieving integration across multiple agencies with varied disciplinary approaches and organisational cultures, takes a significant amount of time. Even after several years, challenges remain in embedding cultural shifts and resource commitment at all levels to ensure the ongoing successful implementation of IM.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier BV
dc.relation.ispartof	Marine Policy
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104053
dc.rights	Elsevier required licence: © 2020 . This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. The definitive publisher version is available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104053	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	0502 Environmental Science and Management, 1606 Political Science, 1801 Law
dc.subject.classification	Fisheries
dc.title	Transforming coastal and marine management: Deliberative democracy and integrated management in New South Wales, Australia
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.for	1606 Political Science
utslib.for	1801 Law
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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© 2020 The Authors The integrated management (IM) of coastal and marine environments is an enduring problem, particularly in multi-sectoral and jurisdictional systems, with coastal management of New South Wales (NSW), Australia being no exception. Historically, NSW coastal and marine management was dominated by ecological and economic approaches, implemented in parallel through multiple government agencies with overlapping jurisdictions. A review in 2012 of NSW marine park management recommended addressing the unintended consequences of this management approach, and the Marine Estate Management Act (2014), was established to integrate management of the whole of the NSW coast. This paper discusses the role that a deliberative democratic approach has played in the approach to IM undertaken by the NSW Marine Estate Management Authority (MEMA). The NSW MEMA case study provides a robust reflection of the challenges identified by the literature in implementing effective integrated management, being the alignment of values, visions and methods of assessment, across multiple resources, ecosystems, stakeholders and administrative jurisdictions. Deliberative democratic approaches were used in reviewing the MEMA case to analyse its ability to address some of the challenges and realise benefits of IM. However, despite benefits being identified, a key finding is that achieving integration across multiple agencies with varied disciplinary approaches and organisational cultures, takes a significant amount of time. Even after several years, challenges remain in embedding cultural shifts and resource commitment at all levels to ensure the ongoing successful implementation of IM.

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