Navigating collaborative networks and cumulative effects for Sustainable Seas

Highlights

• To address cumulative effects across boundaries, long-term shared vision is needed.
• Scenario planning encouraged key decision makers and stakeholders to connect.
• Different kinds of knowledge are needed to assess and manage cumulative effects.
• Participants desire respectful and balanced social-ecological relationships.
• Clear, cohesive standards could encourage investment in sustainable resource use.

Keywords

Collaborative networks, Cumulative effects, Ecosystem-based management, EBM, Social-ecological systems