ADVANCE Fellows: Marine-Protected Areas, Geographic Information Science, and Civil Society

这个ADVANCE研究员项目研究了国家主导的环境资源管理中两个相对较新的和日益流行的趋势的融合：海洋保护区（MPAs）和地理信息科学（GIS）。有人认为，与以往任何海洋资源法规不同，国家授权的海洋保护区和地理信息系统的结合助长了利益相关者（包括渔民、环保主义者和国家）之间的政治斗争和有组织的抵制。虽然最近有大量关于海洋保护区各个维度的自然科学出版物，但关于海洋保护区社会维度的研究却很缺乏。本项目通过对法属波利尼西亚的Moorea泻湖和加州海峡群岛国家海洋保护区最近设计的两个海洋保护区进行比较研究，解决了这些问题。这种比较是有用的，因为每个地区指定海洋保护区的过程惊人地相似，但“第一”和“第三世界”之间存在差异，并且不同的尺度将提供令人信服的分析。当前海洋保护区日益普及和越来越多地采用基于国家的地理信息系统的决策和管理，使本研究及时和先例设置。该奖项由美国国家科学基金会ADVANCE计划资助。ADVANCE计划的总体任务是通过增加女性在学术科学和工程职业中的代表性和进步来增加女性在科学和工程劳动力中的参与度。

This ADVANCE Fellows project examines the convergence of two relatively new and increasingly popular trends in state-led environmental resource management: marine protected areas (MPAs) and Geographic Information Science (GIS). It is argued that the combination of state-mandated MPAs and GIS has fostered political struggles and organized resistance among stakeholders (including fishers, environmentalists, and the state) unlike any previous marine resource regulations. While there has been a recent explosion of natural science publications on various dimensions of MPAs, studies on the social dimensions of MPAs are lacking. This project addresses these issues in a comparative study of two recently designed MPAs in the lagoon of Moorea, French Polynesia, and the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, California. This comparison is useful because the processes of designation MPAs in each locale were strikingly similar, yet there are differences between the "First" and "Third Worlds," and different scales which will afford compelling analyses. The current conjuncture of the rising popularity of MPAs and the growing adoption of state-based GIS decision-making and management makes this research timely and precedent-setting.This award is supported through the NSF ADVANCE Program. The overall mission of the ADVANCE Program is to increase the participation of women in the scientific and engineering workforce through the increased representation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers.