The Skimmer on Marine Ecosystems and Management
Latest News and Resources for Ocean Planners and Managers
UN negotiations on Paris climate agreement fall short; emergency negotiation session added UN sustainable development goal for oceans getting least attention and resources UN IMO adopts strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ships India to ban all single use plastic by 2022 G7 countries negotiate international charter to eliminate…
The EBM Toolbox: New tools, resources, and initiatives for dealing with the effects of climate change on ocean ecosystems and communities
Editor's note: The goal of The EBM Toolbox is to promote awareness of tools and methods for facilitating EBM and MSP processes. It is brought to you by the EBM Tools Network (www.ebmtools.org), a network to share knowledge, tools, and experiences to promote ecosystem-based management of coastal and marine environments….
Looking for an ocean management, conservation, or science conference?
OpenChannels.org has just updated and expanded its list of ocean conservation, management, and science-related conferences. (Over 50 conferences from around the world listed right now!) Check out the list at https://www.openchannels.org/conferences. Submit additional suggestions for the list at https://www.openchannels.org/submit-conference.
Want to learn more about reducing coastal risk with natural defenses?
The EBM Tools Network recently co-hosted a webinar on Reducing Coastal Risk with Natural Defenses: The Latest Ecology, Engineering, and Economics of Natural Infrastructure, presented by Mike Beck of The Nature Conservancy and the University of California Santa Cruz. This talk summarized recent high-level research findings on the ecology, engineering,…
Mining social media: The new world of abundant, ‘messy’ data and what marine conservation and management can learn from it
“Most of us grew up in a world where data were rare and expensive to collect. In contrast, culturomics is firmly situated in the 21st-century world of abundant, ‘messy’ data, produced from the interactions between humans and the digital world.” —- Richard Ladle, Federal University of Alagoas In the past,…
MEAM and you, an infographic: What readers want from MEAM and how it is helping their work
MEAM and you, an infographic
Latest News and Resources for Ocean Planners and Managers
Commonwealth nations agree on coordinated actions to protect oceans UN begins negotiations for treaty to protect high seas biodiversity Sweden developing marine spatial plans for its territorial waters and EEZ Northern Ireland soliciting public comment on draft marine plan until mid-June Belgium to begin soliciting comments on draft marine spatial…
Metaphors for marine conservation and management: The good, the bad, and the inaccurate
A new paper in Marine Policy (pre-print available for free in the MarXiv research repository) discusses the importance of effective metaphors for marine conservation and policy. Metaphors are figures of speech that describe something in terms more familiar to listeners, e.g., “a blanket of snow”. Good metaphors help shape understanding…
Learn about training opportunities for current and new ocean planners and managers
In lieu of a lead article this month, we spent our time expanding MEAM’s compilation of ocean planning and management training opportunities to help current and future practitioners connect with useful opportunities to add to their knowledge and skill sets. Over the past few months, we have added more than…
The EBM Toolbox: New tool can help ocean planners find best locations for wide range of ocean uses: Learn how it is different and what you need to use it
Editor's note: The goal of The EBM Toolbox is to promote awareness of tools and methods for facilitating EBM and MSP processes. It is brought to you by the EBM Tools Network (www.ebmtools.org), a voluntary alliance of tool users, developers, and training providers. A new method helps ocean planners and…