…usually strong community understanding of the benefits that can come from resource protection. By educating stakeholders on these benefits, and…
Communications and MPAs: How Practitioners Are Raising Awareness of MPA Issues
…Floor, Washington, DC 20009, USA. Tel: +1 202 483 9570; E-mail: ldropkin@seaweb.org; Website: www.seaweb.org. George Leonard, COMPASS, Monterey Bay Aquarium,…
Finding International Funding for MPAs: Places to Search
…AusAID (Australia): www.ausaid.gov.au CIDA (Canada): www.acdi-cida.gc.ca DANIDA (Denmark): www.um.dk/danida DGIS (The Netherlands): www.minbuza.nl/english JICA (Japan): www.jica.go.jp/english/ NORAD (Norway): www.norad.no SIDA…
New group aims to engage young professionals in MPA field, involve them in high-level decisions
…Professionals Marine Task Force defines young professionals as being 35 years old and younger. The group is co-chaired by Kathy…
Notes & News
…the European Community. The HELCOM announcement on passing the 10% target is at www.helcom.fi/press_office/news_helcom/en_GB/HABITAT_Meeting_12. Bermuda to push for designating Sargasso…
Use of Volunteers in MPA Management: Opportunities, Challenges, and Advice
…need for volunteers on its website, http://www.chumbeisland*]}*.com. Says Sibylle Riedmiller, project director, “At this point, we don’t need to advertise…
Can optimism help your ocean conservation and management work?
…psychometric test, the revised life orientation test (LOT-R), for optimism. This test is being administered by Sarah Papworth, a senior…
Using Marine Reserves to Protect Highly Migratory Species: Scientists Discuss Potential Strategies, Including Mobile MPAs
…with France’s Institute for Research and Development. He has advised regional tuna commissions on the use of temporarily or permanently…
Artificial light may be changing marine ecosystems
…the composition of epifaunal marine invertebrate communities in the Menai Strait in the UK. Researchers observed changes in colonization rates…
Payment for ecosystem services: An idea whose time has come for marine resource management?
…(Defra, 2007). http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/biodiversity/economics/pdf/valuing_ecosystems.pdf Ecosystem Valuation website, funded by the US Department of Agriculture and the (US) National Oceanic and Atmospheric…