(extraterritorial space), but it has proven to be a flawed organization marked by a precarious balance of power between conservation and fishing interests. On the other hand, it provides a forum where science and preservationist interests can come to the table with and speak against the sort of acquisitive, purely economic interests that – – normally govern human interaction with aquatic species. Moreover, marine MPAs do not signify a teleological step forward in the very nature of how we engage with the nonhuman world or a holistic shift in the nature of sovereignty. Rather, they show that sovereignty” can be rooted in contested politics and that, faced with a real “ecological tragedy of the commons, some forms of sovereignty can be, from an ecological perspective, the lesser of two evils. The challenge going forward is to recognize that the commons are what we make of them (and, in doing so, to not lose sight of the fact that we are what the commons make of us). --- Bibliography Ainley, David and Pauly, Daniel. (2014) down the food web of the Antarctic “Fishing continental shelf and slope.” 50(1): 92-107. Polar Record. Brooks, and Brooks, Cassandra. (2013) the Southern ocean: Rational “Exploiting Use or Reversion to Tragedy of the Commons?” Proceedings of the workshop “Exploring Linkages between Environmental Management and Value Systems: The Case of Antarctica. University of Canterbury gateway Antarctica Special Publication Series No.1301. Brooks, Cassandra. (2013) values on the Antarctic high seas: CCAMLR and “Competing the challenge of marine-protected 3(2): 277-300. The Polar Journal. Brooks, Cassandra et al. (forthcoming) the to Fish’ in a “Challenging ‘Right Ocean.” Stanford Journal of Law, Science and Policy. Carr, E.H. (2001) New York: Harper Perennial. The Twenty Years Crisis.
(extraterritorial space), but it has proven to be a flawed organization marked by a precarious balance of power between conservation and fishing interests. On the other hand, it provides a forum where science and preservationist interests can come to the table with – and speak against – the sort of acquisitive, purely economic interests that normally govern human interaction with aquatic species. Moreover, marine MPAs do not signify a teleological step forward in the very nature of how we engage with the nonhuman world or a holistic shift in the nature of sovereignty. Rather, they show that “ecological sovereignty” can be rooted in contested politics and that, faced with a real tragedy of the commons, some forms of sovereignty can be, from an ecological perspective, the lesser of two evils. The challenge going forward is to recognize that the commons are what we make of them (and, in doing so, to not lose sight of the fact that we are what the commons make of us). --- Bibliography Ainley, David and Pauly, Daniel. (2014) “Fishing down the food web of the Antarctic continental shelf and slope.” Polar Record. 50(1): 92-107. Brooks, and Brooks, Cassandra. (2013) “Exploiting the Southern ocean: Rational Use or Reversion to Tragedy of the Commons?” Proceedings of the workshop “Exploring Linkages between Environmental Management and Value Systems: The Case of Antarctica. University of Canterbury gateway Antarctica Special Publication Series No.1301. Brooks, Cassandra. (2013) “Competing values on the Antarctic high seas: CCAMLR and the challenge of marine-protected The Polar Journal. 3(2): 277-300. Brooks, Cassandra et al. (forthcoming) “Challenging the ‘Right to Fish’ in a Ocean.” Stanford Journal of Law, Science and Policy. Carr, E.H. (2001) The Twenty Years Crisis. New York: Harper Perennial.
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