Webinars
Upcoming Webinars
A Sea of Success for Islands: Highlighting Plastic Waste and Pollution Solutions
Wednesday, November 13, 7 am US EST/Noon UTC/1 pm CET [***Webinar will last 1.5 hours***] Presenters: IUCN plastics experts and guest speakers from islands addressing plastic waste. Description: This webinar will focus on island-specific plastic pollution solutions, including tools for understanding plastic waste solutions, economic angles of plastic pollution, case studies, and solutions platforms to generate knowledge exchange for more effective mitigation and prevention of plastic waste and pollution. Just a few of the tools and resources to be covered include the Blueprint to Zero Plastic Waste – a guide to reducing plastic waste on islands – and findings of studies estimating the impacts of marine plastics on the fisheries and tourism sectors and the costs and benefits of implementing a solution (e.g., a national recycling system, with and without regional cooperation) to reduce mismanaged plastic waste and its leakage into the marine environment. Case studies will provide information on what has worked and not worked on islands, including the sustainability of projects.
Assessing the sustainability of coastal tourism: Tools and lessons learned
Thursday, December 12, 9 am US EST/6 am US PST/2 pm UTC/3 pm CET/4 pm EET. Presented by: Ioannis Pappas of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council. Description: The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) establishes and manages global standards for sustainable travel and tourism, known as the GSTC Criteria. The GSTC’s Destination Criteria for public policymakers and destination managers provide basic guidelines for destinations that wish to become more sustainable and offer governments, NGOs, and the private sector a starting point for developing sustainable tourism requirements. This webinar will present the GSTC’s resources for assessing the sustainability of coastal tourism and takeaways from destination assessments in coastal areas, including Heraklion, Corfu, Athens, Dubrovnik, and Kotor.
Past Webinars
Beyond Polarization: Learning from the Unlikely Story of California’s Marine Protected Areas
This webinar originally aired on 15 July 2020. At a time when the United States is divided and positive collective action feels out of reach,…
Assessing ecosystem risks: The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems
This webinar originally aired on 30 June 2020. Presented by: Radhika Murti and Marcos Valderrábano of IUCN and David Obura of CORDIO East Africa/IUCN Coral…
Virtual Ecosystem Scenario Viewer (VES-V): A new tool for visualizing marine ecosystem models
This webinar originally aired on 16 June 2020. Ecosystem models can help explore the tradeoffs inherent in natural resource management decisions. However, the complexity that…
Plastics or Planet? Moving Beyond Plastics
This webinar originally aired on 4 June 2020. Presented by: Judith Enck of Beyond Plastics This webinar will explore the environmental, economic, and health implications…
NOAA’s National Marine Protected Areas Center turns 20: Two Decades of Understanding, Strengthening and Connecting MPAs
This webinar originally aired on 28 May 2020. Presented by: Charlie Wahle, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, National Marine Protected Areas Center, NOAA Over the past two…
Options for adaptation, risk management, and resilience building in a changing climate: Q&A about the IPCC Special Report
This webinar originally aired on 19 May 2020. Global warming has already reached 1°C above the pre-industrial level, due to past and current greenhouse gas…
Gaps in Protection of Important Ocean Areas: A Spatial Meta-Analysis of Ten Global Mapping Initiatives
This webinar originally aired on 28 April 2020. Presented by: Ellen Pikitch and Christine Santora of Stony Brook University and the Ocean Sanctuary Alliance, and…
MSP Challenge: Exploring the complexity of marine/maritime spatial planning in a multi-player simulation (game)
This webinar originally aired on 23 April 2020. Presented by: Harald Warmelink of Breda University of Applied Sciences Description: The MSP Challenge uses game technology…
MiCO: Creating a global geospatial knowledge hub on marine migratory connectivity
This webinar originally aired on 10 March 2020. Presented by: Daniel Dunn of the University of Queensland and Corrie Curtice of Duke University. Advancements in…
Fighting Marine Debris on the US West Coast – Effective Actions and Tools
This webinar originally aired on 5 March 2020. This webinar features experts from Washington, Oregon, and California highlighting their clean-up, education, and regulatory actions to…