The Clean Currents Coalition: A global collaborative solution to the complex plastics problem

by John Davis | Oct 20, 2020 | Past Webinars

This webinar originally aired on 20 October 2020. Research shows that 80% of the plastic waste that ends up in the ocean comes from land, with rivers acting as one of the major pathways. Therefore, rivers provide a high-impact opportunity for intercepting plastic...

Connecting Our Blue Planet: Building Ecologically Connected Marine Protected Area Networks

by John Davis | Oct 14, 2020 | Past Webinars

This webinar originally aired on 14 October 2020. The interconnectedness of the ocean is one of its defining characteristics. This ability of species and processes to move and flow from place-to-place, called ecological connectivity, is increasingly recognized as a...

The effects of climate change in marine spatial planning: pathways and solutions

by John Davis | Oct 1, 2020 | Past Webinars

This webinar originally aired on 1 October 2020. As marine spatial planning (MSP) operates in a changing ocean, properly addressing and integrating climate effects is vital. However, few marine spatial plans properly or explicitly consider climate change. This is a...

Circulate Capital Ocean Fund: A pioneering, $100M investment fund to prevent ocean plastic

by John Davis | Sep 23, 2020 | Past Webinars

This webinar originally aired on 23 September 2020. Roughly 8 million tons of plastic enter the ocean every year — the equivalent of a garbage truck unloading every minute. Most of this plastic enters the ocean from just five countries in South and Southeast...

The impacts of COVID-19 on coastal and marine tourism

by John Davis | Sep 9, 2020 | Past Webinars

This webinar originally aired on 9 September 2020. Presented by: Simon Hudson of the University of South Carolina The COVID-19 pandemic has decreased international tourism by 60-80% this year. On this webinar, Simon Hudson, the author of the new book COVID-19 &...