Expanding ocean protection and peace: a window for science diplomacy in the Gulf
The ecological state of the Persian or Arabian Gulf (hereafter ‘Gulf') is in sharp decline. Calls for comprehensive ecosystem-based management approaches and transboundary conservation have gone largely unanswered, despite mounting marine threats made worse by climate change. The region's...
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| author | Clare M. Fieseler Nadia Al-Mudaffar Fawzi Brian Helmuth Alexandra Leitão Mehsin Al Ainsi Mohammad Al Mukaimi Mohammad Al-Saidi Fahad Al Senafi Ivonne Bejarano Radhouan Ben-Hamadou Josh D'Addario Ahmad Mujthaba Dheen Mohamed Bruno W. Giraldes Lyle Glowka Maggie D. Johnson Brett P. Lyons Daniel Mateos-Molina Christopher D. Marshall Sayeed Mohammed Pedro Range Mohammad Reza Shokri John M. K. Wong Nicholas D. Pyenson |
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| description | The ecological state of the Persian or Arabian Gulf (hereafter ‘Gulf') is in sharp decline. Calls for comprehensive ecosystem-based management approaches and transboundary conservation have gone largely unanswered, despite mounting marine threats made worse by climate change. The region's long-standing political tensions add additional complexity, especially now as some Gulf countries will soon adopt ambitious goals to protect their marine environments as part of new global environmental commitments. The recent interest in global commitments comes at a time when diplomatic relations among all Gulf countries are improving. There is a window of opportunity for Gulf countries to meet global marine biodiversity conservation commitments, but only if scientists engage in peer-to-peer diplomacy to build trust, share knowledge and strategize marine conservation options across boundaries. The Gulf region needs more ocean diplomacy and coordination; just as critically, it needs actors at its science-policy interface to find better ways of adapting cooperative models to fit its unique marine environment, political context and culture. We propose a practical agenda for scientist-led diplomacy in the short term and lines of research from which to draw (e.g. co-production, knowledge exchange) to better design future science diplomacy practices and processes suited to the Gulf's setting. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-02f74c81b1ee4138b55c32c23bf250f22023-09-27T07:06:13ZengThe Royal SocietyRoyal Society Open Science2054-57032023-09-0110910.1098/rsos.230392Expanding ocean protection and peace: a window for science diplomacy in the GulfClare M. Fieseler0Nadia Al-Mudaffar Fawzi1Brian Helmuth2Alexandra Leitão3Mehsin Al Ainsi4Mohammad Al Mukaimi5Mohammad Al-Saidi6Fahad Al Senafi7Ivonne Bejarano8Radhouan Ben-Hamadou9Josh D'Addario10Ahmad Mujthaba Dheen Mohamed11Bruno W. Giraldes12Lyle Glowka13Maggie D. Johnson14Brett P. Lyons15Daniel Mateos-Molina16Christopher D. Marshall17Sayeed Mohammed18Pedro Range19Mohammad Reza Shokri20John M. K. Wong21Nicholas D. Pyenson22National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USAMarine Science Centre, University of Basra, Basra, IraqCoastal Sustainability Institute and School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USAEnvironmental Science Center, Qatar University, Doha, QatarDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, QatarMarine Science Department, College of Science, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, KuwaitCenter for Sustainable Development, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, QatarMarine Science Department, College of Science, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, KuwaitDepartment of Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAEEnvironmental Science Center, Qatar University, Doha, QatarThe Open Data Institute, London, UKDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, QatarEnvironmental Science Center, Qatar University, Doha, QatarBiodiversity Strategies International, Abu Dhabi, UAERed Sea Research Center, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaNEOM Nature Reserve, NEOM, Tabuk, Saudi ArabiaEmirates Nature - World Wide Fund for Nature, Dubai, UAEDepartment of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University, Galveston Campus, Galveston, TX, USAIndependent Researcher, Doha, QatarEnvironmental Science Center, Qatar University, Doha, QatarDepartment of Animal Sciences and Marine Biology, Faculty of Life Science and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C., Tehran, IranAquatic Research Center, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Doha, QatarNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USAThe ecological state of the Persian or Arabian Gulf (hereafter ‘Gulf') is in sharp decline. Calls for comprehensive ecosystem-based management approaches and transboundary conservation have gone largely unanswered, despite mounting marine threats made worse by climate change. The region's long-standing political tensions add additional complexity, especially now as some Gulf countries will soon adopt ambitious goals to protect their marine environments as part of new global environmental commitments. The recent interest in global commitments comes at a time when diplomatic relations among all Gulf countries are improving. There is a window of opportunity for Gulf countries to meet global marine biodiversity conservation commitments, but only if scientists engage in peer-to-peer diplomacy to build trust, share knowledge and strategize marine conservation options across boundaries. The Gulf region needs more ocean diplomacy and coordination; just as critically, it needs actors at its science-policy interface to find better ways of adapting cooperative models to fit its unique marine environment, political context and culture. We propose a practical agenda for scientist-led diplomacy in the short term and lines of research from which to draw (e.g. co-production, knowledge exchange) to better design future science diplomacy practices and processes suited to the Gulf's setting.https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230392transboundary conservationmulticultural understandingocean governancebiodiversityArabian/Persian Gulf |
| spellingShingle | Clare M. Fieseler Nadia Al-Mudaffar Fawzi Brian Helmuth Alexandra Leitão Mehsin Al Ainsi Mohammad Al Mukaimi Mohammad Al-Saidi Fahad Al Senafi Ivonne Bejarano Radhouan Ben-Hamadou Josh D'Addario Ahmad Mujthaba Dheen Mohamed Bruno W. Giraldes Lyle Glowka Maggie D. Johnson Brett P. Lyons Daniel Mateos-Molina Christopher D. Marshall Sayeed Mohammed Pedro Range Mohammad Reza Shokri John M. K. Wong Nicholas D. Pyenson Expanding ocean protection and peace: a window for science diplomacy in the Gulf Royal Society Open Science transboundary conservation multicultural understanding ocean governance biodiversity Arabian/Persian Gulf |
| title | Expanding ocean protection and peace: a window for science diplomacy in the Gulf |
| title_full | Expanding ocean protection and peace: a window for science diplomacy in the Gulf |
| title_fullStr | Expanding ocean protection and peace: a window for science diplomacy in the Gulf |
| title_full_unstemmed | Expanding ocean protection and peace: a window for science diplomacy in the Gulf |
| title_short | Expanding ocean protection and peace: a window for science diplomacy in the Gulf |
| title_sort | expanding ocean protection and peace a window for science diplomacy in the gulf |
| topic | transboundary conservation multicultural understanding ocean governance biodiversity Arabian/Persian Gulf |
| url | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230392 |
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