by John Davis | Apr 28, 2015
Madagascar designates three new MPAs, doubles MPA coverage Madagascar has announced it is designating three new community-led MPAs that together will reportedly double the surface of the country’s MPA system. The three new sites – Soariake Marine Park on...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Mar 9, 2015
Science and policy-making would seem to be a natural mix: Scientists want their research findings to inform public policy. Resource managers and conservationists want to see science-based policy implemented. Many – and perhaps most – policy-makers want to...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Mar 9, 2015
By Tundi Agardy, MEAM Contributing Editor (tundiagardy@earthlink.net) Scientists are rightfully exasperated by how hard it is to get science-based management in place. Whether it is providing historical data on what has led to the present-day condition of marine...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Mar 9, 2015
By Christian Neumann, Linwood Pendleton, Marianne Kettunen, and Tundi Agardy [Editor's note: Lead author Christian Neumann is a marine ecosystem services project manager for GRID-Arendal, a center that collaborates with the UN Environment Programme to support...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Mar 9, 2015
By Jennie Hoffman [Editor's note: Jennie Hoffman (jennie@adaptationinsight.com) is founder and principal of Adaptation/Insight and an expert in decision analysis and climate change vulnerability assessment and adaptation. Hoffman co-authored: Climate Savvy:...