Staff profile

Tax havens and global environmental degradation

Galaz, V., Crona, B., Dauriach, A., Jouffray, J-B., Österblom, H., and Fichtner, J.

2018 - Journal / article

The release of classified documents in the past years have offered a rare glimpse into the opaque world of tax havens and their role in the global economy. Although the political, economic and social implications related to these financial secrecy jurisdictions are known, their role in supporting economic activities with potentially detrimental environmental consequences have until now been largely ignored. Here, we combine qu...

Corporate control and global governance of marine genetic resources

Blasiak, R., Jouffray, J-B., Wabnitz, C.C.C., Sundström, E., Österblom, H.

2018 - Journal / article

Who owns ocean biodiversity? This is an increasingly relevant question, given the legal uncertainties associated with the use of genetic resources from areas beyond national jurisdiction, which cover half of the Earth’s surface. We accessed 38 million records of genetic sequences associated with patents and created a database of 12,998 sequences extracted from 862 marine species. We identified >1600 sequences from 91 species a...

Marine fisheries and future ocean conflict

Spijkers J., Morrison, T.H., Blasiak, R., et al.

2018 - Journal / article

Conflict over marine fishery resources is a growing security concern. Experts expect that global changes in our climate, food systems and oceans may spark or exacerbate resource conflicts. An initial scan of 803 relevant papers and subsequent intensive review of 31 fisheries conflict studies, focused on subnational and international conflicts, suggests that four substantial scientific gaps need addressing to improve our unders...

Reimagining ocean governance using the keystone species concept

Österblom, H.

2017 - Journal / article