Publications
Grandmothers of the sea: Stories and lessons from five Xhosa ocean elders
“Hydrofeminist Thinking with Oceans brings together authors who are thinking in, with and through the spaces of ocean/s and beaches in South African contexts to make alternative knowledges towards a justice-to-come and flourishing at a planetary level. Primary scholarly locations for this work include feminist new materialist and post-humanist thinking, and specifically locates itself within hydrofeminist […]
Barriers to Integrating Financial Inclusion for Coastal Small-Scale Fishermen into Namibian Fisheries Policies and Regulatory Frameworks
“The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources has been applauded intercontinentally for laying the groundwork to develop the Namibian fisheries sector since the dawn of the country’s independence in 1990. However, there are no financial inclusion policies for small scale artisanal fishermen. This paper aims to report on barriers to integrating financial inclusion for coastal […]
Human health depends on thriving oceans
“Healthy oceans, from coastal waters to remote high seas and deep seabed areas, are integral to human health, wellbeing, and survival. Covering over 71% of the Earth’s surface, the oceans serve as an essential carbon sink. Oceans also regulate climate-associated human health risks between land and sea, ranging from direct injuries and deaths associated with extreme […]
policy brief: 10 key messages for reimagining ocean literacies that consider children’s human rights to development and culturepolicy brief:
“In May 2023, the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Rights of the Child (the Committee) adopted General Comment No. 26 (GC26) on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change, following extensive engagements with and inputs from children worldwide, States, human rights institutions, children’s organisations, civil society and research programmes […]
infosheet 7: Environmental injustices and plastic pollution: an example from South Africa
“Key human-rights (info-sheet 5) and environmental-justice (info-sheet 3 and 4) issues related to plastic pollution and ocean plastics in South Africa. This case study highlights: South Africa is one of the largest economies on the African continent, and is also one of the largest polluters of marine plastics. ….” Main artwork: Margherita Brunori
infosheet 3: What is environmental justice: understandings from the global south
“In 2021, a seminal publication by the UN Environment Programme relied on key concepts from environmental justice research to better identify and understand equity and sustainability issues in relation to ocean plastics. The study mainly relied on research carried out since the 1980s in the United States, where the term “environmental justice” was coined to […]
policy brief: The implementation of the WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement should Support the Human Rights of Small-Scale Fishers
“This brief summarises key messages on how the implementation of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies (AFS) should consider implications for the human rights of small-scale fishers. This brief is based on the One Ocean Hub research article by Switzer, Morgera and Webster, “Casting the net wider? The transformative potential of integrating human rights into […]
Surfacing solidarity praxis in transdisciplinary research for blue justice
“In this article, we centre the knowledge and contributions of environmental justice social movements towards transformations for sustainability in Transdisciplinary Research. Scholar activists within research teams can help bridge networks of scholars with social movement networks to build strongly engaged and relational transdisciplinary research. We draw on reflections and learnings from the Coastal Justice Network, […]
Ocean-defending small-scale fishers in South Africa say NO to seismic surveys
“As part of their Blue Economy strategy, the South African government has granted exploration permits covering 98% of the country’s EEZ. Small-scale fishers and their partners in South Africa have achieved two successful court cases in 2022, halting seismic surveys by multinational companies exploring for oil and gas. Small-scale fishers have led a strategic resistance, […]
