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SUMMARY:The Politics of Marine Biodiversity Data: Global and National Poli
 cies and Practices of Monitoring the Oceans - Alice Vadrot University of V
 ienna
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CONTACT:Peadar Brehony
DESCRIPTION:In order to protect marine biodiversity and ensure that benefi
 ts are equally shared\, the UN General Assembly has decided to develop a n
 ew legally binding treaty under the United Nations Convention on the Law o
 f the Sea (UNCLOS). Marine biodiversity data will play a central role: Fir
 stly\, in supporting intergovernmental efforts to identify\, protect and m
 onitor marine biodiversity. Secondly\, in informing governments interested
  in particular aspects of marine biodiversity\, including its economic use
  and its contribution to biosecurity.In examining how this data are repres
 ented and used\, we will create a novel understanding of the materiality o
 f science-policy interrelations and identify new forms of power in global 
 environmental politics as well as develop the methodologies to do so. \nTh
 is is crucial\, because the capacities to develop and use data infrastruct
 ures are unequally distributed among countries and global initiatives for 
 data sharing are significantly challenged by conflicting perceptions of wh
 o benefits from marine biodiversity research. Despite broad recognition of
  these challenges within natural science communities the political aspects
  of marine biodiversity data remain understudied. Academic debates tend to
  neglect the role of international politics in legitimising and authorisin
 g scientific concepts\, data sources and criteria and how this influences 
 national monitoring priorities. \nThe aim of this presentation is to intro
 duce MARIPOLDATA\, an ERC funded project\, which aims to overcome these sh
 ortcomings by developing and applying a new multiscale methodology for gro
 unding the analysis of science-policy interrelations in empirical research
 . The project collects and analyses data across different policy-levels an
 d spatial scales by combining 1) ethnographic studies at intergovernmental
  negotiation sites with 2) a comparative analysis of national biodiversity
  monitoring policies and practices and 3) bibliometric and social network 
 analyses and oral history interviews for mapping marine biodiversity scien
 ce.\n
LOCATION:Hardy Building 101 (first floor)\, Downing Site\, Cambridge
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