by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Jun 18, 2013
In the US, marine spatial planning is a central component of the national ocean policy, and is being carried out on a phased basis across nine regional planning areas (MEAM 4:1). The planning process for the northeast region of the US is underway (https://www.openchannels.org/node/3300).
Nick Napoli is the Ocean Planning Project Manager for the Northeast Regional Ocean Council, which covers the US states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Much of his work involves ensuring that a wide array of data sets is available to the Northeast regional planning process. The data-gathering work grew from a multi-institutional partnership that formed in 2011 – the Northeast Ocean Data Working Group, consisting of government agencies, NGOs, research institutes, and others. MEAM spoke with Napoli about the challenges involved in this and how he anticipates the data needs may change over time.
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Jun 18, 2013
The Global Ocean Commission is an independent body of world leaders with the goal of reversing degradation of the high seas – areas of the ocean beyond national jurisdiction (www.globaloceancommission.org). Chaired by former Costa Rican President José...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Jun 18, 2013
Study analyzes IUCN Red List for Ecosystems The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems, a global standard that is being developed to assess environmental risk, has now been trialed on 20 ecosystems spanning six continents and three oceans. An article in the May 2013 edition of...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Jun 18, 2013
By Sarah Carr [Editor's note: The goal of The EBM Toolbox is to promote awareness of tools for facilitating EBM. It is brought to you by the EBM Tools Network, an alliance of tool users, developers, and training providers.] A number of my previous EBM Toolbox...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Apr 22, 2013
When MEAM published an article four years ago that complimented Namibia on its marine EBM efforts – including new protected areas, a regional ecosystem management project, and an emerging coastal policy (MEAM 3:1) – we received a letter from a frustrated...
