Blue Economy and Competing Discourses in International Oceans Governance

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dc.contributor.authorJennifer J. Silver
dc.contributor.authorNoella J. Gray
dc.contributor.authorLisa M. Campbell
dc.contributor.authorLuke W. Fairbanks
dc.contributor.authorRebecca L. Gruby
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-21T15:33:16Z
dc.date.available2020-05-21T15:33:16Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractIn this article, we track a relatively new term in global environmental governance: “blue economy.” Analyzing preparatory documentation and data collected at the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development (i.e., Rioþ20), we show how the term entered into use and how it was articulated within four competing discourses regarding human–ocean relations: (a) oceans as natural capital, (b) oceans as good business, (c) oceans as integral to Pacific Small Island Developing States, and (d) oceans as small-scale fisheries livelihoods. Blue economy was consistently invoked to connect oceans with Rioþ20’s “green economy” theme; however, different actors worked to further define the term in ways that prioritized particular oceans problems, solutions, and participants. It is not clear whether blue economy will eventually be understood singularly or as the domain of a particular actor or discourse. We explore possibilities as well as discuss discourse in global environmental governance as powerful and precarious.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10166/6016
dc.publisherJournal of Environment and Development
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 24, Number 2
dc.relation.ispartofseries135-160
dc.subjectRio
dc.subjectmarine
dc.subjectblue economy
dc.titleBlue Economy and Competing Discourses in International Oceans Governance
dc.typeArticle

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