by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Apr 4, 2016
Wind energy. Land reclamation for port expansion. Sand and gravel mining. Communications and power cables. Shipping. Aquaculture. Coastal tourism. Demands for ocean space are growing rapidly due to new and expanding uses. And “blue economy”/”blue...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Apr 4, 2016
Editor’s Note: The interview below is excerpted from a longer interview MEAM conducted with Charles “Bud” Ehler in 2012. Ehler is a marine planning consultant and co-author of the MSP “bible”, the 2009 UNESCO Intergovernmental...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Apr 4, 2016
By Tundi Agardy, Contributing Editor, MEAM. Email: tundiagardy@earthlink.net My last Dispatches from the Field, from the sleepy town of Olhao, Portugal, got me thinking about participatory planning, democratic decisions for allocating use, and fair representation in...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Apr 4, 2016
Editor's note: The goal of The EBM Toolbox is to promote awareness of tools for facilitating EBM and MSP processes. It is brought to you by the EBM Tools Network, a voluntary alliance of tool users, developers, and training providers. Did you know the EBM Tools...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Apr 4, 2016
By David Geselbracht, Outreach Officer, The Sea Around Us. E-mail: d.geselbracht@oceans.ubc.ca In the mid-1990s it became clear to many observers that global fisheries were in trouble. When the Northern cod (Gadus morhua) fishery collapsed off the east coast of...
