Common themes and conclusions

Appleby, Tom

Abstract

Summing up and closing address to the conference (together with Charles Clover)

National Level

• Think of the sea as publicly owned space;
• This underpins general themes for good management of that space:
collaboration, trust and stewardship;
• Conservation narratives need to be inclusive and broadened out to encompass themes of health and community well-being.

Plymouth Level

• Plymouth should define a business plan for a marine park, incorporating achievable objectives and goals;
• Define the different groups that should be involved and that this development would affect;
• Work within existing legislation so that this is something that can be enacted now, while there is a public appetite for marine conservation (fuelled by the drive to reduce plastic pollution and media such as Blue Planet II).

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: Marine Parks: Bringing it all back home, a global idea that could work for Britain
• Start Date: Jun 6, 2018
• Acceptance Date: Dec 17, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Dec 17, 2018
• Publication Date: Dec 17, 2018
• Deposit Date: May 7, 2021
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7309122
• Publisher URL: https://www.bluemarinefoundation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Marine-Parks-Conference-Report.pdf