…Sustainable Development Goal 14 — 5-9 June 2017, New York City (website) Ocean Action Hub (website) — to facilitate multi-stakeholder…
Notes & News
…report, which offers advice for professional development rather than advice on each of the workshop topics, is available at http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/learning_opp_final_report_en.pdf….
Paper Parks: Why They Happen, and What Can Be Done to Change Them
…free online at: http://www.nrsm.uq.edu.au/Nrsm/Research/Methodolgies.pdf Box: Paper MPAs are everywhere Although the above article cites examples of paper parks in various…
Turning science into policy: What scientists should (and should not) do when talking to policy-makers
…for Science and the Sea (www.compassonline.org). Two engaging books include Randy Olson’s Don’t Be Such a Scientist (www.dontbesuchascientist.com) and Nancy…
Making the Most of Stakeholder Involvement in EBM: Practitioners and Researchers Share their Insights
…was subject to two substantial community participation phases in which all components of the zoning plan were open to comment…
Re-Examining the Role of MPAs in Ecosystem-Based Management
…Port Honduras Marine Reserve, there are two communities that border the reserve. Sustainable development within these communities is necessary to…
Improving ocean management by addressing population and human health concerns: Insights from Madagascar and the Philippines
…Integrated Population, Health, and Environment Projects”, by John Pielemeier (2011). www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/Focus_12.pdf Environment, Population, and Health research programs, East-West Center. www.eastwestcenter.org/research/research-program-overview/environment-population-and-health…
Marine Peace Parks: Establishing Transboundary MPAs to Improve International Relations and Conservation
…Areas (2004). By David Peddle, Leo Braack, Thomas Petermann, and Trevor Sandwith. 40 pp. Cost: Free (www.tbpa.net/docs/pdfs/SecMan/SecMan1.pdf) Transboundary Protected Areas…
What is marine plastic pollution costing us? The impacts of marine plastic on the Blue Economy
…of magnitude higher than in the surrounding seawater. These microplastics are ingested by marine organisms, leading to high levels of…
Notes & News: High seas MPA – Rio+20 commitments – Maldives – California – Antarctica – France – US – Canada – MPAs in developing nations – iPhone app
…orange roughy. A brief OSPAR press release on the new MPA is at www.ospar.org/html_documents/ospar/news/ospar_pr_12_ospar12_en.pdf . National governments make MPA commitments…