Unpacking the process: how agenda-setting theory explains the case of creating large scale marine protected areas in Brazil

Autor(es)

Goncalves, Leandra ; De Santo, Elizabeth M.

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; v. 31, n. 2, p. 21-pg., 2021-04-22.

Resumo

In 2018, Brazil announced the designation of two new Large Scale Marine Protected Areas (LSMPAs), resulting in an increase in protection from 1.5% to 26.36% of the country's maritime territory. We employ an agenda-setting theory to analyze the Brazilian LSMPAs as a causal case study, unpacking the factors that led to their creation, and providing insights about the process of reaching global targets. Drawing on a detailed literature analysis and interviews with key stakeholders, we argue that reaching an international goal is a political commitment which emerges within a 'policy window.' Additionally, we offer seven lessons that can improve the chances of reaching an international goal and shifting the agenda: (1) attract media attention; (2) make a formal commitment; (3) launch a movement or a campaign to attain the goal; (4) make the goals legally binding; (5) propose general international goals; (6) diffuse ideas and (7) form support groups. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 19/04481-0 - Como governar a zona costeira na região macro-metropolitana: desafios para gestão costeira integrada no litoral de São Paulo
• Beneficiário: Leandra Regina Gonçalves Torres
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Exterior - Estágio de Pesquisa - Pós-Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 18/00462-8 - Oportunidades e fragilidades da gestão costeira integrada no litoral paulista no contexto da governança da macrometrópole
• Beneficiário: Leandra Regina Gonçalves Torres
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado