Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>This collection of cross-disciplinary chapters by philosophers, legal scholars, and marine scientists explore the epistemic value of varieties of local knowledges in the context of contemporary debates about ocean governance. With a special focus on coastal communities, and against the backdrop of recent legal developments in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea with the BBNJ (Biological Diversity Beyond National Jurisdiction) Agreement, this edited volume is the first of its kind to investigate a number of inter-related philosophical and legal issues surrounding local knowledge by coastal communities. Topics include: varieties of local knowledges (with associated ontologies); related varieties of epistemic injustices in how these ways of knowing have been and continue to be often marginalized and sidelined in scientific narratives and legal provisions; the role of local knowledge in BBNJ Agreement and WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) as well as in specific geopolitical contexts (from Canada to Australia and New Zealand); the importance of arts-based research as a conduit for varieties of local knowledges in science policy contexts.</jats:p>