Abstract The world’s oceans and coasts are awash in a sea of politics. The marine environment is increasingly busy, changing, and a site of degradation, marginalization, injustice, contestation and conflict over declining resources and occupied spaces at local to global scales. Themes of political ecology, such as power and politics, narratives and knowledge, scale and history, environmental justice and equity, are thus salient issues to understand in ocean and coastal governance and management. This subject review examines research on these themes of political ecology in the ocean and coastal environment and reflects on how the insights gained might be applied to governance and management. Political ecology provides important insights into: the influence of power in ocean management and governance processes; the manner in which narratives, knowledge, and scale are used to legitimize and shape policies and management efforts; the effects of historical trajectories on present circumstances, options, and practices; and the nature of inequities and environmental injustices that can occur in the marine environment. Moreover, ocean and coastal researchers, practitioners, and decision makers ought to engage with the political processes and injustices occurring in the ocean. Moving from critical insights to constructive engagements will ensure that political ecology helps to plant seeds of hope in the Anthropocene ocean.

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在政治海洋中：参与海洋和沿海环境中的政治生态学

摘要 世界的海洋和海岸充斥着政治的海洋。海洋环境越来越繁忙、不断变化，并且是一个退化、边缘化、不公正、竞争和冲突的场所，这些环境在局部到全球范围内因资源减少和占用空间而发生。因此，政治生态学的主题，如权力与政治、叙事与知识、规模与历史、环境正义与公平，是海洋和沿海治理和管理中需要理解的突出问题。本主题审查审查了对海洋和沿海环境中政治生态学这些主题的研究，并反思了所获得的见解如何应用于治理和管理。政治生态学提供了以下重要见解： 权力在海洋管理和治理过程中的影响；叙述的方式，知识和规模用于合法化和塑造政策和管理工作；历史轨迹对当前情况、选择和实践的影响；以及海洋环境中可能发生的不公平和环境不公正的性质。此外，海洋和沿海研究人员、从业人员和决策者应该参与海洋中发生的政治进程和不公正现象。从批判性见解转向建设性参与，将确保政治生态有助于在人类世海洋中播下希望的种子。此外，海洋和沿海研究人员、从业人员和决策者应该参与海洋中发生的政治进程和不公正现象。从批判性见解转向建设性参与，将确保政治生态有助于在人类世海洋中播下希望的种子。此外，海洋和沿海研究人员、从业人员和决策者应该参与海洋中发生的政治进程和不公正现象。从批判性见解转向建设性参与，将确保政治生态有助于在人类世海洋中播下希望的种子。