{"id":21389,"date":"2023-02-20T12:43:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T11:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fondationbiodiversite.fr\/?p=21389"},"modified":"2023-02-21T16:36:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T15:36:51","slug":"press-release-blue-justice-a-new-movement-in-favor-of-coastal-communities-often-excluded-from-decisions-in-conservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fondationbiodiversite.fr\/en\/press-release-blue-justice-a-new-movement-in-favor-of-coastal-communities-often-excluded-from-decisions-in-conservation\/","title":{"rendered":"[Press release] Blue Justice: a new movement in favor of coastal communities, often excluded from decisions in conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coastal communities are on the frontline of three important and accelerating global change processes: climate change, \u201cblue economy\u201d development, and the rapid expansion of area-based conservation initiatives \u2013 a phenomena recently coined as \u2018triple exposure\u2019. While these change processes and the approaches used to address them (e.g., climate adaptation projects) can support sustainability and well-being in some cases, in others these external processes can converge to amplify vulnerabilities and inequalities. Moreover, pre-existing environmental or political social injustices may increase the vulnerability of people to change processes, and may decrease their capacity to adapt to, or benefit from, interactive impacts of \u2018triple exposure\u2019. This topic is described in an article published in One Earth on February 17th<\/sup> 2023, by the interdisciplinary research group Blue Justice<\/a>, funded by the French Foundation for Biodiversity Research (FRB<\/a>) within its Centre for the Synthesis and Analysis of Biodiversity (CESAB<\/a>). This group represents a global network of researchers and practitioners to examine the linkages between ocean conservation, climate change, and equity. The authors argue that social justice and local resilience must be prioritized in order to address the negative impacts of \u2018triple exposure\u2019, and reach the objectives of effective and equitable climate adaptation, blue economy, and conservation initiatives.<\/p>\n

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In order to achieve this shift towards social justice and resilience, David Gill, Assistant Professor at Duke University, and his colleagues recommend that climate, economic, and conservation actors seek to:<\/p>\n