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...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Dec 19, 2012
By Sarah Carr The data requirements for EBM are vast and can seem overwhelming. One of the most alluring possibilities to address this challenge is to crowdsource at least some of the data collection through citizen science. Citizen science is the use of...
by John Davis | Nov 20, 2012
MPA News asked two people with an interest in global MPA statistics for their thoughts on what counts as an MPA. Specifically, we gave a short list of what might be considered borderline MPAs to: Chris Yesson of the Institute of Zoology in the UK, who helped develop...
