by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Feb 21, 2013
Nothing could be more droll than an ecosystem assessment. By its very nature, assessment is meant to be comprehensive, systematic, rational – not the stuff of colorful sound bites or emotive calls to action. But what is really more important to effective communication about marine ecosystems and the urgent need to conserve them than thorough knowledge about how these ecosystems function, how we use and value them, and what pressures they face? After all, we cannot love what we do not know, and without being informed and invested in marine ecosystems, we cannot hope to generate the resources and will to conserve them.
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Feb 21, 2013
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is considering a proposal to expand the boundaries of two federal MPAs along the coast of northern California – Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary and the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Feb 21, 2013
New MSP guide shows how site would look at different stages of planning
The MarViva Foundation, an NGO that supports sustainable management of coastal and marine resources in the Eastern Tropical Pacific region, has produced a new guidebook on marine spatial planning. Based on findings from a regional capacity-building and training event on MSP in May 2012, the guide focuses on challenges faced by practitioners in North America, the Caribbean, and the eastern Pacific.
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Dec 19, 2012
For the first time in human history, more than half of the world's population now lives in cities, and each year tens of millions more people become city dwellers through births and migration. We have become an urban species. What does this have to do with marine...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Dec 19, 2012
By Tundi Agardy, MEAM Contributing Editor, tundiagardy@earthlink.net The gray, concretized urban landscape couldn't be farther from protection of nature and oceans in most people's minds. Yet coastal cities may hold the key to a sustainable future, and will be...
