Can pessimism have a positive impact? Interview with Rowan Jacobsen about the recent obituary of the Great Barrier Reef

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

How the 2016 Great Barrier Reef "obituary" came to be

Tundi’s Take: In Praise of Pessimism

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

Is pessimism needed for the radical governance changes the oceans need? Tundi Agardy, Contributing Editor for MEAM, explains.

Latest News and Resources for Ocean Planners

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

Latest News and Resources for Ocean Planners for the months of July and August 2017.

Need to get up to speed quickly on a marine conservation or management topic? Check out the new Top Lists!

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

MEAM’s sister organization OpenChannels.org is currently creating “Top Lists”, concise selections of resources on specific topics in marine conservation and management. These top lists include journal articles, reports, webinar recordings, newsletter articles, and blogs. They provide an easy way for practitioners to access a variety of sources of information on a topic quickly.

Editorial: Sticks, carrots, and the future of MPAs (and the future of MPA News, too)

by John Davis | Jun 22, 2017

The next three years will lay much of the groundwork for the MPA field for years to come. As nations gear up to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 14 as well as Aichi Target 11 under the Convention on Biological Diversity — both of which call for 10% of...