RT journal article
T1 What is Blue Colonialism?
A1 Ros, Nathalie
K1 blue colonialism
K1 blue economy
K1 blue injustice
K1 ecological transition
K1 environmental NGO
K1 functional spatialization
K1 marine protected area
K1 marine spatial planning
K1 privatization of the seas
K1 post-new Law of the Sea
K1 Small Island Developing State
K1 trust fund
K1 área marina protegida
K1 colonialismo azul
K1 derecho del mar post-nuevo
K1 economía azul
K1 espacialización funcional
K1 injusticia azul
K1 ONG medioambiental
K1 pequeño Estado insular en desarrollo
K1 planificación espacial marina
K1 privatización de los mares
K1 transición ecológica
K1 trust fund
AB What is blue colonialism? As a concept, it is an avatar of the privatization of theseas, emblematic of the post-new Law of the Sea; it’s a phenomenon justified in the name of theblue economy, insofar as the context of the Anthropocene implies the economicization of the sea,and facilitated by the functional spatialization of maritime areas, through the development ofmarine spatial planning and marine protected areas. But, in practice, blue colonialism appears ageopolitically differentiated strategy, initially developed in the Indo-Pacific, in the maritime areasunder national jurisdiction of Small Island Developing States, as a model to be replicated, accordingto a logic of compensation and in order to secure access to the mineral resources needed for theecological transition; implemented, via the private environmental governance of NGOs and trusts,and the associated financialization of conservation, in the form of a renunciation of sovereigntyin favor of a transnational dynamic, blue colonialism is a new legal paradigm at the service of thedominant economic model, but also a blue injustice intending to transfer the burden of the sacrificesonto those who are not responsible for the triple planetary crisis, to continue the growth process.
PB Universidad de Cádiz
SN 2341-0868
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/35985
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/35985
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 09-may-2026