The Skimmer on Marine Ecosystems and Management
From the Editor: Exploring financing for marine planning and management
Dear MEAM readers, In this issue of MEAM, we are exploring a variety of topics related to financing multi-sector marine planning and management. These include examples of successful marine management user fee systems and debt-for-marine-planning swaps; tips for reducing costs of ocean planning; and areas of financial innovation that can…
Money matters: Financing multi-sector ocean planning and management
Moving from single-sector to multi-sector ocean planning and management – and conducting it in an ecosystem-based way – can be expensive. It often requires funding beyond what is provided by government budget allocations. To give a sense of scale, a 2012 survey of representatives from MSP projects in Europe, the…
Tundi’s Take: We need investments in ocean management, not just welfare
By Tundi Agardy, Contributing Editor, MEAM. Email: tundiagardy@earthlink.net Greater financial support for effective marine and coastal management is necessary the world over – especially if management is going to address, simultaneously, the complex suite of issues integral to EBM. But even as the need for financing accelerates, the budgets of…
The EBM Toolbox: Planning for equity: Tools for finding triple bottom line solutions
By Ben Halpern Editor's note: The goal of The EBM Toolbox is to promote awareness of tools for facilitating EBM and MSP processes. It is brought to you by the EBM Tools Network, a voluntary alliance of tool users, developers, and training providers. The rising interest in addressing social issues…
Latest News and Resources for Ocean Planners
Global information released on economic, social, and cultural values of coastal nature The Nature Conservancy in cooperation with partners worldwide has recently released the Atlas of Ocean Wealth. The atlas includes over 60 maps illustrating ecosystem services around the world as well as a chapter on how ecosystem services can…
From the Archives: Improving ocean management by addressing population and human health concerns: Insights from Madagascar and the Philippines (MEAM Aug-Sep 2014, Issue 7:6)
Editor’s Note: From the Archives calls attention to past MEAM articles whose perspectives and insight remain relevant. Considerations such as health, food security, and population growth can have a profound impact on the success of marine management. A small number of population, health, and environment (PHE) initiatives have been established…
From the Editor: Take advantage of the MEAM archives
Dear MEAM readers, In October of last year, MEAM launched a new feature, ‘From the Archives’, that calls attention to past MEAM articles whose perspectives and insight remain relevant. This issue’s From the Archives article, “Getting business on board: Engaging the business community in ocean planning”, from the June-August 2015…
Planning for equity and social justice in ocean use
Equity and social justice concerns are intrinsic to all ocean planning processes. Some groups benefit more, or are perceived to benefit more, than others in terms of continued or new access to space and resources. The way stakeholders view the fairness of ocean planning processes and the plans that result…
Serve the aspirations of the stakeholders or fail: Thoughts on the state of marine resource management, ocean planning, social justice, and equity in the Pacific Small Island Developing States
By Hugh Govan. Hugh Govan is an ocean and fisheries policy and governance consultant based in Fiji, an adviser and trainer for the Locally Managed Marine Area Network, and a regional coordinator for Melanesia for the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas- Marine. He can be reached at hgovan@gmail.com. I…
Tundi’s Take: Equity in ocean management is about preserving ocean health AND access
By Tundi Agardy, Contributing Editor, MEAM. Email: tundiagardy@earthlink.net Equity is an omnipresent goal in managing human affairs. But there are many different kinds of equity, and what one person sees as equitable may be very different from what someone else sees as equitable. One of the types of equity conservationists…