Abstract
In 1998 the Australian Government released ‘Australia’s Ocean Policy: Caring, Understanding, Using Wisely’ (Environment Australia 1998a). The policy, released in the International Year of Oceans, recognised that our oceans contain resources of enormous past, present and future benefit to us all – resources that must be managed carefully to ensure economic benefit exists side by side with sensitive environmental care. This pioneering policy attempted to set a framework for integrated and ecosystem-based planning and management for all of Australia’s marine jurisdictions but lacked input and therefore buy-in from state and territory jurisdictions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 43-51 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Australian Journal of Maritime and Ocean Affairs |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs |
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Publication status | Published - 16 Jun 2016 |
Keywords
- marine science
- National Marine Science Plan
- marine policy
- marine conservation