Notes & news: MPA grants – IMPAC4 registration – Cocos Island – GLORES nominations – Canada – Stocking MPAs with fish – Poachers sentenced – Conservation award to MPA director – Chagos – Arctic – MPA News vault

Notes & news: MPA grants – IMPAC4 registration – Cocos Island – GLORES nominations – Canada – Stocking MPAs with fish – Poachers sentenced – Conservation award to MPA director – Chagos – Arctic – MPA News vault

Waitt Foundation offers funding to help MPA projects “get over the finish line” The Waitt Foundation is requesting proposals from MPA projects worldwide where an additional 6 to 12 months of funding would result in legally binding, successful MPAs. The primary goal of...
How much data is enough? Scoping your ocean and coastal data collection so you can move on to next steps

How much data is enough? Scoping your ocean and coastal data collection so you can move on to next steps

In this issue of MEAM, we hear from a variety of ocean management experts that have experience using and/or building web atlases and data portals about how to scope atlas/portal development appropriately in the context of a larger planning and management process. We also learn from a data portal developer about how that data portal is being used for regional ocean management.