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Improving ocean management by addressing population and human health concerns: Insights from Madagascar and the Philippines

Improving ocean management by addressing population and human health concerns: Insights from Madagascar and the Philippines

by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Aug 29, 2014

Ecosystem-based management leads practitioners to consider whole ecosystems (their structure, function, dynamics) rather than single species or issues. Humans are considered part of the ecosystem. As such, economic factors — particularly how various groups use...
Improving ocean management by addressing population and human health concerns: Insights from Madagascar and the Philippines

Tundi’s Take: Is the link between ocean health and human health the sleeping dragon?

by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Aug 29, 2014

By Tundi Agardy, MEAM Contributing Editor (tundiagardy@earthlink.net) The link between the condition of marine ecosystems and the human condition is deep and opaque, like the sea itself. It is probably safe to say that the majority of us believe that marine...
Improving ocean management by addressing population and human health concerns: Insights from Madagascar and the Philippines

Perspective: Managing new Central Arctic Ocean fisheries in an era of global warming

by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Aug 29, 2014

[Editor’s note: Alf Håkon Hoel is research director for Arctic and international affairs at the Institute of Marine Research, Tromsø, Norway.] By Alf Håkon Hoel Global warming has reduced ice cover in the Arctic and facilitated the northward...
Improving ocean management by addressing population and human health concerns: Insights from Madagascar and the Philippines

Letter to the Editor: Combining approaches to address scale challenges

by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Aug 29, 2014

[Editor’s note: The following is Peter Jones’ response to two articles in the June-July 2014 edition of MEAM: “Mismatches between the scale of ecosystems and the scale of management” and “Tundi’s Take: Are we too preoccupied with...
Improving ocean management by addressing population and human health concerns: Insights from Madagascar and the Philippines

Notes & News: Small island developing states – Deep sea mining – Large-scale conservation – Climate change and fisheries – Financing fishery transition projects

by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Aug 29, 2014

Priority environmental threats identified for Small Island Developing States The UN Environment Programme has released a report identifying priority emerging environmental issues of concern to Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The report covers a wide array of...

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