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Latest News and Resources for Ocean Planners

by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Jul 10, 2017

  • New European study elaborates best practices for MSP across borders and on high seas and provides four detailed case studies on cross-border MSP
  • UN ocean conference concludes with call for action and over 1300 commitments
  • UN IOC reports on status of ocean science around the world
  • Global coral bleaching event likely ending
  • Concerns about direction of US ocean policy under President Trump increase
  • Experts find biodiversity loss from deep sea mining will be unavoidable
  • Impacts of fishing on open-ocean ecosystems reviewed
  • Toolbox provides checklist for applying ecosystem-based approach to MSP
  • Annual assessment finds global ocean health generally steady over past five years

In last month’s issue, we pointed readers to a great short video that does a good job explaining MSP to stakeholders and the public. Unfortunately we included the wrong link for that video. So please do check out the video here.

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