Tundi’s Take: Payments for ecosystem services should be done in tandem with ocean zoning
By Tundi Agardy, MEAM Contributing Editor. tundiagardy@earthlink.net
Payment for ecosystem services (PES) is one of my favorite EBM approaches, in part because it offers the potential to generate significant new funding streams for conservation and management. Furthermore, if PES is paired with ocean zoning – as I propose it should be – the two approaches can generate some very mutually beneficial outcomes. In my view this is a marriage of convenience, and perhaps even necessity.
New guide and website walk readers through the how-to of evaluating marine spatial plans
Marine spatial plans are being developed in more than 40 countries worldwide. Such processes can be complex and time-intensive, and sometimes the focus becomes simply to finish the plan. However, a new guide released by UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic...