National Boundaries and the Fragmentation of Governance Systems: Amur-Okhotsk Ecosystem from the Legal and Political Perspective
National Boundaries and the Fragmentation of Governance Systems: Amur-Okhotsk Ecosystem from the Legal and Political Perspective
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国家边界与治理体系的碎片化:法律和政治视角下的阿穆尔-鄂霍茨克生态系统
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10.1007/978-4-431-54035-9_12
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2012
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Yasunori Hanamatsu
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近藤光男=志谷匡史編;宮崎裕介;他;近藤光男編著=伊勢田道仁=石田眞得=加藤真朗=神原浩=坂野真一=古川朋雄=宮崎裕介;加毛明;加毛明;畑中綾子;城山英明;米谷壽代;米谷壽代;米谷壽代;米谷壽代;米谷壽代;米谷壽代;米谷壽代;吉田仁美;田井義信編;Yasunori Hanamatsu;Yasunori Hanamatsu;Yasunori Hanamatsu;Yasunori Hanamatsu;Yasunori Hanamatsu
The Amur-Okhotsk Project (AOP) has recently found that primary production in the Sea of Okhotsk and the neighboring Oyashio region has been dependent on dissolved iron transport from the Amur River. In the Amur River basin, dissolved iron originates mainly from wetlands and forests. Our project has clarified this ecological linkage between the continent and open waters, and proposed a new concept, the“Giant Fish-Breeding Forest” (GFBF)system. The implication is that in order to conserve the marine resources in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Oyashio region, it is also necessary to protect the environment in the Amur River basin, especially wetlands and forests.From the legal and political perspective, this “Giant Fish-Breeding Forest” system has two different kinds of boundaries inside itself; national boundaries (transboundary) and regime boundaries (fragmentation of governance systems). The conservation of this ecosystem has been disrupted as a result of these human-made boundaries. This ecosystem spans borders of China, Russia, Mongolia and Japan, but these countries do not share the same benefits or costs of conserving this system, leading to “free riding.” In addition, some aspects of the environment in this region have already been regulated by international and national laws, but these management regimes have either concluded or have been implemented independently, with some overlap and conflict, and therefore they are inadequate for the conservation of the whole system of the “Giant Fish-Breeding Forest” as a single unit.Discussing the problems resulting from these two human-made boundaries, this paper demonstrates that, in order to manage this ecosystem effectively, it is important to coordinate existing legal systems and policies in an integrated manner and to promote a common understanding among countries in this ecosystem.