by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Dec 19, 2012
For the first time in human history, more than half of the world's population now lives in cities, and each year tens of millions more people become city dwellers through births and migration. We have become an urban species. What does this have to do with marine...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Dec 19, 2012
By Tundi Agardy, MEAM Contributing Editor, tundiagardy@earthlink.net The gray, concretized urban landscape couldn't be farther from protection of nature and oceans in most people's minds. Yet coastal cities may hold the key to a sustainable future, and will be...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Dec 19, 2012
The US initiative to enact a region-by-region process of coastal and marine spatial planning (CMSP) took a step forward in November 2012 with the meeting of the Northeast regional planning board. It was the first such meeting of a CMSP regional planning board. The...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Dec 19, 2012
Bela Buck is head of the working group on marine aquaculture, maritime technologies, and ICZM at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany. For more than a decade, he has made the case that offshore aquaculture and wind farms are compatible...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Dec 19, 2012
Have you used any tools for marine spatial planning? The EBM Tools Network and OpenChannels.org are conducting a brief online survey on marine spatial planning tools. If you are (or were) involved in an MSP process, we would be grateful for your participation. You do...
