Webinars
Upcoming Webinars
30 x30? What about the other 70%? Cumulative analysis of place-based marine regulations for a more holistic marine protection picture
Wednesday, May 14, 1 pm US EDT/10 am US PDT/5 pm UTC. Presented by: Claire Colegrove and Alex Driedger of ProtectedSeas. Description: While hundreds of nations have committed to the global 30×30 target, much work remains to reach that goal and sustainably manage the remaining 70%. Regulatory protections are crucial for marine management efficacy, and accurate data on in-place management measures are essential for assessing existing marine protections and informing the creation of new areas. However, collecting and interpreting marine regulations can be challenging due to often unavailable or difficult-to-access legal instruments. Overlapping measures and siloed management add further complexities. ProtectedSeas Navigator contains data on worldwide regulations for MPAs, fishery management areas, and other place-based marine managed areas (MMAs) and considers restrictions cumulatively across overlapping areas using spatial aggregation techniques to provide insights into overall protection. This cumulative analysis of regulations in overlapping marine managed areas offers insights into overall uses and protection across ocean spaces, enabling better protection assessments, planning, and management. As an example, initial analysis in California revealed several ocean spaces where individual MMA protections were minimal, yet when combined with protections from other overlapping MMAs, resulted in more highly regulated spaces with enhanced protection.
Past Webinars
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…
Financing Coral Reef Conservation and Management: Conservation Trust Funds and Impact Investing
This webinar originally aired on 2 October, 2019. Description: Coral reefs provide enormous economic value to humanity and are gaining increasing attention from donors, philanthropists,…
We’ve Got Chemistry! Leveraging Partnerships and the Ocean Acidification Information Exchange to Advance Ocean Acidification and MPA Science
This webinar originally aired on 25 September, 2019. Marine protected areas (MPAs), sanctuaries, and reserves offer refuge to a wide variety of marine species, but…
Guidelines for Valuing Coastal Protection Services from Mangroves and Reefs
This webinar originally aired on 17 September, 2019. This webinar will provide an overview of new research on how natural defenses can reduce coastal risk….
Designing and Managing MPAs for Sharks and Rays
This webinar originally aired on 4 September, 2019. Overfishing is a major threat to the world’s 1,200+ species of sharks and rays, and many elasmobranch…
Sargassum Watch from Space
This webinar originally aired on 27 August, 2019 The Sargassum Watch System (SaWS) uses satellite data and numerical models to detect and track pelagic Sargassum…
New technologies to revolutionize sustainable fishing in the digital age: EDF’s Smart Boat Initiative
This webinar originally aired on 22 August, 2019. Pioneering technologies and new platforms can turn fishing vessels into “smart boats” and redefine fishing and how…
Management and evolution give hope to coral reefs facing the effects of climate change
This webinar originally aired on 1 August, 2019. A new study just published in Nature Climate Change shows that management that takes evolution and adaptation…
Financing Coral Reef Conservation and Management with Tourism-Related Tools
This webinar originally aired on 17 July, 2019. Coral reefs provide enormous economic value to humanity, and their value for recreation is one of the…
Conservation targets and how much of the world do we need to protect?
This webinar originally aired on 11 July, 2019. What should global conservation targets be beyond 2020? The Beyond the Aichi Targets Task Force, appointed by…