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Innovative approaches to marine environmental protection: Assessing the impact of community engagement, technology, and policy enforcement

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Marine ecosystem is disturbed due to climate change and environmental pollutation. The marine pollution is disturbing the biodiversity in the coastal areas. It is a challenge for people living areas as they have less sustainability in marine ecosystem health. This study explores innovative approaches to marine environmental protection management, focusing on the impact of community engagement, technological innovation, and policy enforcement efficiency on sustainable marine ecosystem health. A sample of 298 respondents was collected from local community member, marine conservation professionals and policy maker was collected using survey based questionnaire. Partial least square – structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was applied to analyze the data. The findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between community engagement in marine conservation and sustainable marine ecosystem health. No significant relationship between technological innovation in marine and sustainable marine ecosystem health was found. A positive and significant relationship between policy enforcement efficiency and sustainable marine ecosystem health was found. Public awareness and education moderating role on two relationships was accepted and rejected for one relationship. The study discussed a holistic and robust understanding by providing new understanding to sustainable marine ecosystems health. The study has significant value to improve and bring sustainability in marine ecosystem which is a significant way forward to work on sustainable development goals. The practical implications on the findings of this study will contribute to improve the lives of people living in the coastal areas. This research have some future directions for scholars to improve the body of knowledge and come up with more sophisticated findings for marine ecosystem sustainability.

Source: Multidisciplinary Science Journal

DOI: 10.31893/multiscience.2025396

Authors: Ling Peng, Hengtao Xu, Zhifu Wang

Institutions: Ministry of Natural Resources, Second Institute of Oceanography

Language: English

Topic: Coastal and Marine Management

Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Life below water, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China