AUTHOR=Tilot Virginie C. , Guilloux Bleuenn , Willaert Klaas , Mulalap Clement Y. , Bambridge Tamatoa , D’Arcy Paul , Mawyer Alexander , Gaulme François , Kacenelenbogen Edwige , Jeudy de Grissac Alain , Moreno Navas Juan , Dahl Arthur 

TITLE=The Concept of Oceanian Sovereignty in the Context of Deep Sea Mining in the Pacific Region

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Marine Science

VOLUME=8

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.756072

DOI=10.3389/fmars.2021.756072

ISSN=2296-7745

ABSTRACT=<p>Based on an interdisciplinary experience addressing traditional dimensions in marine resource management in the Pacific, the socio-ecological interconnectivity between island communities, the ocean realm and the legal context concerning the management of seabed resources (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B115">Tilot, 2006</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B116">2010</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B118">Tilot et al., 2018</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B120">2021a</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B119">b</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B90">Mulalap et al., 2020</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B137">Willaert, 2020a</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B138">b</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B139">c</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B140">2021</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B35">DOSI, 2021</xref>), this paper proposes to discuss the relevance and efficacy of the concept of “Oceanian Sovereignty” (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B12">Bambridge et al., 2021</xref>) in the context of Deep Sea Mining, from the different legal, environmental, anthropological, social, political, and economic science perspectives. The policies and practices developed in the Pacific in this context could well serve as a suitable model elsewhere to reconcile competing perspectives in addition to sustaining the Human Well-being and Sustainable Livelihoods (HWSL) and the health of the Global Ocean.</p>