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

这一高级研究员项目审查了国家主导的环境资源管理中两个相对较新和越来越受欢迎的趋势的汇合：海洋保护区和地理信息科学。有人认为，国家授权的海洋保护区和地理信息系统的结合在利益相关者(包括渔民、环保主义者和国家)之间滋生了政治斗争和有组织的抵抗，这与以前的任何海洋资源法规都不同。虽然最近关于海洋保护区各个层面的自然科学出版物激增，但缺乏关于海洋保护区社会层面的研究。该项目通过对法属波利尼西亚莫雷亚湖和加利福尼亚州海峡群岛国家海洋保护区最近设计的两个海洋保护区的比较研究来解决这些问题。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，而且不同的尺度将提供令人信服的分析。在海洋保护区日益流行和越来越多地采用基于状态的地理信息系统决策和管理的当前形势下，这项研究具有时效性和先例意义。该奖项由美国国家科学基金会高级计划提供支持。高级方案的总体任务是通过增加妇女在学术、科学和工程职业中的代表性和地位，增加妇女在科学和工程工作中的参与度。

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.