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
A New Coast: Strategies for Responding to Devastating Storms and Rising Seas
This webinar originally aired on 13 February 2020. Presented by: Jeffrey Peterson, author of A New Coast: Strategies for Responding to Devastating Storms and Rising…
Improving coastal resiliency through vulnerability assessment and natural adaptation prioritization
This webinar originally aired on 21 January 2020. Presented by: Dr. Patrick Crist of PlanIt Forward LLC. A consortium of the National Fish and Wildlife…
Defining and Using Evidence in Conservation Practice
This webinar original aired on: Wednesday, January 15, 2020. Presented by: Nick Salafsky of Foundations of Success. There is growing interest in evidence-based conservation, yet…
The Ocean: From Victim to Solution to Climate Change
This webinar originally aired on 8 January 2020. It was presented by Jane Lubchenco of Oregon State University, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg of the University of Queensland,…
The Art of Knowledge Exchange – Lessons from World Bank Experience and Applications for Marine Conservation
This webinar originally aired on 10 December, 2019. Knowledge exchange, or peer-to-peer learning, is a powerful way to share, replicate, and scale up practical solutions…
Improving your impact: Guidelines for doing science that influences policy and management
This webinar originally aired on 3 December, 2019. Scientists devote substantial time and resources to research to help solve environmental problems. And managers and policy…
Resist, Accept, or Direct? A decision framework for navigating climate-driven ecological transformations
This webinar originally aired on 14 November, 2019. In this world of rapid global change, managers often have limited ability to control the ultimate drivers…
Making Marine and Coastal Protected Areas Climate Savvy
This webinar originally aired on 7 November, 2019. Making climate change adaptation planning simple and feasible for managers, The Climate Adaptation Toolkit for Marine and…
EcoCast: A dynamic ocean management tool to reduce bycatch and support sustainable fisheries
This webinar originally aired on 31 October, 2019. Dynamic ocean management (DOM) is emerging as a solution to the challenge of spatially managing species and…
Engaging Diverse Audiences in Marine and Coastal Protection
This webinar originally aired on 17 October, 2019. Managers of coastal and marine protected areas are responsible for places that are important for a wide…