by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Aug 26, 2009
In 2006, a strain of E. coli bacteria contaminated fresh spinach from California’s Salinas Valley, the main growing region for leafy green vegetables in the U.S. It is unknown how the bacterium came in contact with the spinach, but it led to a national outbreak...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Aug 25, 2009
A report released last May provides the framework for future ecosystem-based planning on and around Addu Atoll in the Indian Ocean nation of Maldives. Addu is the second-most populous atoll in the Maldivian archipelago, which encompasses 26 atolls and more than a...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Aug 25, 2009
By Tundi Agardy (tundiagardy@earthlink.net), Contributing Editor, MEAM Where are some of the most exciting new efforts in EBM being practiced? My answer may surprise you. Namibia. It is a country that has not trumpeted a claim of doing EBM, but seems well on the way...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Aug 25, 2009
Editor's note: Peter Mous and Jos Pet of People & Nature Consulting International have worked in Indonesia since 1995 with NGOs, foundations, and government agencies on fishery management and MPA development. By Peter J. Mous (pjmous@pnc-int.com) and Jos S....
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Aug 25, 2009
Marine Spatial Planning: A Step-by-Step Approach toward Ecosystem-based Management By Charles Ehler and Fanny Douvere. 2009, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and Man and the Biosphere Programme, 99 pages. Free at www.unesco-ioc-marinesp.be/msp_guide Taking a...
