Working Group 4.4
Marine Development and Administration
Policy Issues
Assist in the development of institutional policy and framework.
Assist in the development of conceptual and technical standards,
guidelines and practice.
Assist in the land and sea governance for a marine cadastre.
Assist in the development of indigenous marine management systems.
Chair
Dr. Abdullah Hisam Omar, Malaysia
abdullahhisham[at]utm.my
Members:
Prof. Drs Dietriech Geoffrey Bengen
Dr. Hamid-Mosaku Adekunle Isa
Dr. Rizqi Abdulharis
Dr. Mohd Zaid Abdullah
Mohd Hilmi Abdullah
What we are working on -
Review of national and international hydrographic and marine
adminstration policies, standards and guidelines.
Promotion of best practice marine development and
administration.
What's New
The management of good governance of marine space administration has
been debated since at least the 2000s. An extensive literature and
research report, it is hardly surprising that this marine space is under
serious threat from a myriad of overlapping and conflicting interests,
where the evidence of change is compelling and manifest. Therefore it is
imperative to manage, administer and govern the coastal zone in a
considerable, sustainable and structural manner as well as to protect and
nurture the environment we live in. Failure to do so may have disastrous
consequences for future generations. This includes polishing the
management system, particularly the governance of marine space
administrative to support marine rights. Marine space administration and
management can help to improve our governance and information systems on
coastal and marine areas.
The intention of the establishment of Working Group 4.4 is to assist
the development of institutional policy and framework as well as the
development of conceptual, technical standards, guidelines and practice.
WG 4.4 will provide the necessary guideline of land and sea governance for
marine cadastre and marine administration. Marine managed areas, in the
widest sense, are geographic areas designed to protect or manage resources
within the marine environment. Any agency that has jurisdiction in the
marine environment can create marine managed areas. Framework of marine
development and administration comprise of institutional, technical and
socio-economic components. The entities of the framework will include
custodian, implementers, technical support and data centre, policy,
stakeholder, facilitator and source of human capital. This framework is
applicable and can be adopted by any country.
