TY - JOUR
T1 - Upscaling marine and coastal restoration through legal and governance solutions
T2 - Lessons from global bright spots
AU - Bell-James, Justine
AU - Shumway, Nicole
AU - Villarreal-Rosas, Jaramar
AU - A. Andradi-Brown, Dominic
AU - Brown, Christopher
AU - Fitzsimons, James
AU - Foster, Rose
AU - HAMMAN, Evan
AU - Lovelock, Catherine E.
AU - Saunders, Megan
AU - Waltham, Nathan J.
N1 - Funding Information:
JBJ, NS, MIS and NJW were supported by the National Environmental Science Program Marine and Coastal Hub Projects 3.7 and 4.10; CEL was supported by an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship (FL200100133); CJB was supported by an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (FT210100792).
Funding Information:
JBJ, NS, MIS and NJW were supported by the National Environmental Science Program Marine and Coastal Hub Project 3.7; CEL was supported by an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship (FL200100133); CJB was supported by an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (FT210100792).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Authors
PY - 2025/1
Y1 - 2025/1
N2 - There is a global imperative to upscale restoration in line with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Upscaling of marine and coastal restoration is hindered by legal and governance barriers. Identifying both the types of barriers and potential solutions from global ‘bright spots’ is a first step toward implementing legal and governance frameworks to facilitate upscaling of marine and coastal restoration. Here we identify five types of barriers including (a) lack of fit-for-purpose permitting frameworks, (b) tenure issues, (c) concerns regarding risk and liability, (d) a lack of overarching targets for restoration, and (e) uncoordinated governance frameworks. For each barrier, we conduct a broad analysis of legal and governance solutions from across the world. Our analysis provides a guide for future research and law and governance reform.
AB - There is a global imperative to upscale restoration in line with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Upscaling of marine and coastal restoration is hindered by legal and governance barriers. Identifying both the types of barriers and potential solutions from global ‘bright spots’ is a first step toward implementing legal and governance frameworks to facilitate upscaling of marine and coastal restoration. Here we identify five types of barriers including (a) lack of fit-for-purpose permitting frameworks, (b) tenure issues, (c) concerns regarding risk and liability, (d) a lack of overarching targets for restoration, and (e) uncoordinated governance frameworks. For each barrier, we conduct a broad analysis of legal and governance solutions from across the world. Our analysis provides a guide for future research and law and governance reform.
KW - Restoration
KW - environmental law
KW - wetlands
KW - coastal
KW - Policy
KW - Law
KW - Marine and coastal restoration
KW - Global Biodiversity Framework
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85210529856&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103962
DO - 10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103962
M3 - Article
SN - 1462-9011
VL - 163
SP - 1
EP - 12
JO - Environmental Science and Policy
JF - Environmental Science and Policy
M1 - 103962
ER -
