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Latest Marine Ecosystem News and Resources for Planners and Managers

by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Sep 25, 2019

  • Nearly 60% of ocean experiencing significantly increasing cumulative impact
  • Marine wildlife populations decreased by half in past 40 years
  • High European fisheries profits linked to sustainable practices
  • US’s first large-scale offshore wind development held up by fisheries concerns
  • Top ocean science research priorities for sustainable development identified
  • New research brings spatial analysis approach to coastal adaptation planning
  • New navigator helps practitioners find ecosystem-based climate adaptation tools and methods
  • New toolkit assists with climate adaptation of coastal and marine protected areas
  • Reports provide information and decision support for coral reef interventions
  • Global atlas of surface ocean carbon-dioxide observations available
  • New interactive map connects US home values and risk of sea-level-rise-related flooding
  • New website compiles resources for deep-ocean stewardship
  • Marine planning and management trainings added to database
  • Responses request for surveys on US marine and coastal adaptation and capacity development for ocean projects

And if you’re interested in some more reading, some other recent news articles that caught our eye were about:

  • What Brexit means for fisheries
  • A large oceanic hotspot off the coast of Uruguay
  • How plastic bag bans can be better.

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