The Skimmer on Marine Ecosystems and Management
Perspective: The US National Ocean Policy in the Trump Era
Anne Merwin, director of ocean planning at Ocean Conservancy, asks: 'Will Trump get rid of US National Ocean Policy?'
Tundi’s Take: Monitoring for Thinking and Acting Globally
Tundi Agardy, Contributing Editor of MEAM, discusses thoughtful monitoring critical for ecosystem-based management.
The EBM Toolbox: Methods for assessing marine ecosystem status
Ángel Borja, coordinator of the DEVOTES project, discusses methods for assessing marine ecosystem status.
Latest News and Resources for Ocean Planners
Latest news and resources for ocean planners for the month of January 2017.
From the Archives: Getting around ideology – When facts divide more than unite (MEAM February-March 2015, Issue 8:3)
From the Archives calls attention to past MEAM articles whose perspectives and insight remain relevant. In this article, Jennie Hoffman of Adaption/Insight discusses how presenting more facts from more experts to convince skeptics about the existence of climate change, overfishing, or the perils of biodiversity loss may actually deepen people’s…
From the Editor: How do recent events affect your work?
Alongside the recent presidential election in the US and the Brexit vote affecting the EU, there have been numerous other transitions of political power – peaceful and violent – worldwide this year. Each is a reminder that political time scales – and the changes in regulatory priorities that come with them – do not always match the time scales needed to conduct EBM effectively. A number of MEAM readers and other management and conservation practitioners shared their experiences and insights on how these transitions have affected and will affect their work to address long-term ocean problems. We welcome you to share your own experiences, insights, and concerns in our Comments sections as well.
Addressing long-term problems with short-term budgets and mandates: What’s a practitioner to do?
Sarah Carr, editor of MEAM, and Robert Olson, senior fellow at the Institute for Alternative Futures, discuss ways to help sustain long-term work to address ocean problems.
Influence of shifting governance on ocean conservation and management: Perspectives from our readers
A number of MEAM readers, EBM Tools Network members, and other marine conservation and management practitioners provided additional perspectives on how recent events are influencing their work. They also described ways they thought practitioners could sustain progress towards long-term solutions to ocean problems despite the limitations of short-term government mandates…
Tundi’s Take: Time considered: When the time frame of the achievable does not match the time frame of the desirable
By Tundi Agardy, Contributing Editor, MEAM. Email: tundiagardy@earthlink.net Time’s effect on us is inescapable, even in EBM. No matter how far ahead planners extend their gaze, they are grounded in the context of the moment – and subject to unexpected twists that can flip even the best of plans on…
From Our Readers
Editor’s note: Two recent editorials from contributing editor Tundi Agardy drew numerous comments from readers and responses. Learn more about innovative EBM practices and sustainable financing in the state of Victoria, Australia. Read discussion of what “blue growth” could mean for ocean environments and communities: Will it become rampant development…