Sustainable Ocean Governance and Marine Environmental Monitoring
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Oceans".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 1031
Special Issue Editors
Interests: marine environmental management; ocean governance; marine environmental monitoring; marine environmental assessment; coastal zone management; marine research; marine policy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce a new Special Issue in the journal Sustainability: “Sustainable Ocean Governance and Marine Environmental Monitoring”.
Recently, the blue economy has been a priority for development in many countries. Rapid economic development has accelerated the exploitation and utilization of the oceans. The continuous discharge of industrial wastewater and domestic sewage has caused severe marine pollution and has attracted widespread global attention and concern. In particular, since the Industrial Revolution, technological progress has also intensified the exploitation of the oceans, causing damage to the marine environment and frequent pollution incidents and increasingly destroying the marine ecosystem and habitats.
Marine environmental monitoring is the basis for marine environmental protection. It provides a basis for marine environmental protection, the development and utilization of marine resources, the mitigation of marine disasters, marine scientific research, marine strategies, and the development of marine science, and it enables the formulation of correct environmental policies. Therefore, scientists from many countries have called for strengthening marine environmental monitoring to reduce unnecessary environmental degradation. Environmental monitoring is also the key to marine protection and the foundation for sustainable marine development. It plays a vital role in marine management and governance.
This Special Issue is expected to provide researchers with a perspective on the challenges and opportunities of ocean governance and global attention to the issue. Its papers will explain the issue of global ocean governance from different perspectives.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Ocean governance for the development of the blue economy;
- Ocean governance practices for the impact of climate change;
- Environmental impact assessment for sustainable development of the oceans;
- Legal system for ocean governance;
- Marine spatial planning for ocean governance.
Dr. Yi-Chen Shih
Dr. Huey-Shian Chung
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- blue economy
- marine biodiversity
- marine pollution prevention
- marine resource management
- marine special planning
- marine offshore wind farm
- marine renewable energy
- maritime law/regulation
- ocean governance
- integrated coastal zone management
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