by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Jan 15, 2014
New guide to MSP for maritime professionals
The Nautical Institute and World Ocean Council have jointly released a guide, "The Shipping Industry and Marine Spatial Planning: A Professional Approach", to help maritime professions understand and engage in MSP. The guide identifies the steps in a typical MSP process and highlights how the shipping community can participate. It also helps others involved in MSP processes to understand the industry's requirements for ocean management. The document is available at www.nautinst.org/en/forums/msp
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Oct 12, 2013
In the previous edition of MEAM, Jake Rice, Chief Scientist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, presented a bold argument. He suggested there is an “inseparable tripod of issues” facing marine resource management – Aquatic biodiversity conservation;...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Oct 12, 2013
By Tundi Agardy, Contributing Editor, MEAM. Email: tundiagardy@earthlink.net It was so good to see Jake Rice's candid letter in the last MEAM. Anything that sparks dialogue about motivations for, expectations of, and limitations inherent in EBM is good for our...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Oct 12, 2013
In 2012 the Ocean Health Index project – comprising dozens of marine scientists from around the world – created a system to distill the overall ocean health indicators for every coastal nation to a single number, from 0 to 100 (www.oceanhealthindex.org)....
by John Davis | Oct 12, 2013
Ecosystem services valuation applies an economic value to environmental goods and services. The valuation of a healthy mangrove forest, for example, might calculate the monetary value of the protection it provides against storm surges, or its role as nursery habitat...
