The North-East Atlantic : a study of the process behind the adoption of the ecosystem approach in OSPAR

This thesis seeks to explain why the Commission of the OSPAR Convention decided to adopt a vision for an ecosystem approach to the North-East Atlantic in 2003. A process tracing method was applied to seek out explanations for this decision, and a tentative hypothesis was developed to establish wheth...

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Main Author: Ovren, Maurits
Other Authors: Meyer, Jan-Henrik
Format: Master Thesis
Language:English
Published: NTNU 2016
Subjects:
prosess
process
environment
miljø
VDP::Humaniora: 000
North East Atlantic
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2431390
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spelling ftntnutrondheimi:oai:ntnuopen.ntnu.no:11250/2431390 2023-05-15T17:38:12+02:00 The North-East Atlantic : a study of the process behind the adoption of the ecosystem approach in OSPAR Ovren, Maurits Meyer, Jan-Henrik 2016 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2431390 eng eng NTNU http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2431390 55 prosess process environment miljø VDP::Humaniora: 000 Master thesis 2016 ftntnutrondheimi 2019-09-17T06:52:12Z This thesis seeks to explain why the Commission of the OSPAR Convention decided to adopt a vision for an ecosystem approach to the North-East Atlantic in 2003. A process tracing method was applied to seek out explanations for this decision, and a tentative hypothesis was developed to establish whether there was an epistemic community that influenced the decision. The hypothesis was refuted under doubt, and likely explanations would instead rest with the interests of the contracting parties, in addition to the global diffusion of the idea of sustainable development. Master Thesis North East Atlantic NTNU Open Archive (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
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description This thesis seeks to explain why the Commission of the OSPAR Convention decided to adopt a vision for an ecosystem approach to the North-East Atlantic in 2003. A process tracing method was applied to seek out explanations for this decision, and a tentative hypothesis was developed to establish whether there was an epistemic community that influenced the decision. The hypothesis was refuted under doubt, and likely explanations would instead rest with the interests of the contracting parties, in addition to the global diffusion of the idea of sustainable development.
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title The North-East Atlantic : a study of the process behind the adoption of the ecosystem approach in OSPAR
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