presentation on research proposal by harry barnes-dabban (ghana ports & harbours authority) phd...
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Presentation on Research Proposal by
Harry Barnes-Dabban(Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority)
PhD Researcher, Environmental Policy Group
Wageningen University & ResearchThe Netherlands
Supervisors: Prof A.P.J. Mol & Prof. Kris van Koppen
Research Topic
“Governing Environmental Flows from Shipping: West and Central African
(WACAF) Ports and the Network Society”
Presentation Outline Research Background Research Problem Research Objective Research Question Conceptual Framework Research Methodology Expected Results/Scientific Significance Preliminary Conclusions
Research Background Growing concern about threats to global
environmental quality Ports obliged to MEAs and IMO Conventions WACAF ports and environmental flows from
shipping – ship waste, ballast water, oil spill Emerging innovative forms of steering as
Eco-Ports under ESPO WACAF ports operate as individual entities WACAF Region requires coordinated
environmental approaches
Research Problem Ports crucial for WACAF economies Export-led programmes means increased
shipping with environmental challenges Lack of capacity and ineffective
enforcement of international conventions Marpol 73/78, BWC ’04, OPRC ‘90 & Abidjan
Convention ‘81 HOW CAN THEY COMPLY AND IMPROVE
ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE?
Research Objective
“to analyse the dynamics of local and global environmental strategies and the opportunities they present for regional forms of environmental steering and cooperation to improve environmental performance in WACAF ports”
Research Question
“what are the actual and potential contributions that regional forms of environmental steering and cooperation can make in the linking of local and global strategies to improve environmental performance in WACAF ports?”
Conceptual Framework Manuel Castells’ “Network and Flows
Theory” in his work ‘Network Society’ (1996)
Shift from ‘nation-states’ and ‘national societies’ to ‘networks and flows’ of capital, people, technology etc.
Time-space organisation of social activities ‘space of flows’ and ‘space of places’
Figure 1
Local Environmental Strategies
Global Environmental Strategies
Port A Port C Port B
Interface
Local + Global
Regional Environmental Co-operation
Figure 2
Global Environmental Strategies
Local Environmental Strategies
Regional
Environmental Cooperation
Improved Environmental Performance
Research Methodology Case study of Ports of Abidjan, Douala, Lagos and TemaPorts of Antwerp and Rotterdam Questionnaires and interviews Literature review Existing relevant data and documents
available in ports, institutions and agencies
Expected Results/ Scientific Significance
Contribute to existing knowledge on port environmental governance
Identify what contributions regional forms of environmental steering/ cooperation can make to improve environmental performance in the WACAF region
Promote environmental awareness and support environmental improvement in WACAF ports
Preliminary Conclusions WACAF ports exposed to a new reality Environment at centre of global
development agenda Through networks of actors, WACAF ports
can work together in managing environmental challenges
Environmental governance forms and practices are available
Thank you for your kind attention