Author(s)

Qianqian Chen

Corresponding Author

Qianqian Chen

Abstract

Against the background of increasingly severe global marine environmental problems, social organizations, as important non-state actors in the pluralistic governance system, are gradually playing a more and more critical role in marine environmental protection. Starting from the logical path from information dissemination, network construction to action synergy, this paper discusses how social organizations can realize the transformation from issue advocacy to substantive governance participation. Through sorting out the development and evolution of social organizations in marine environmental governance, this paper analyzes their specific mechanisms and practical paths in the stages of disseminating issues, connecting resources, and collaborative actions, and reveals their multiple functions in raising public environmental awareness, promoting policy changes, and implementing specific governance projects. The paper also analyzes the challenges faced by social organizations in terms of institutional environment, capacity building and depth of participation, and puts forward policy recommendations to optimize their participation paths. The study shows that the construction of a multi-level participation mechanism of information-network-action can help stimulate the vitality of social governance and promote the formation of a more synergistic, efficient and sustainable pattern of marine environmental governance.

Keywords

Social Organizations, Marine Environmental Governance, Information Dissemination, Network Construction, Action Synergy, Environmental Participation Pathway