Webinars
Upcoming Webinars
Blue Parks: Accelerating Effective Ocean Conservation
Wednesday, July 15, Noon US EDT/9am US PDT/10 am CST/4 pm UTC/5 pm BST/6 pm CEST. Presented by: Sarah Hameed, Jessica MacCarthy, and Leticia de Bonilla of the Marine Conservation Institute; Ratana Chuenpagdee of Memorial University of Newfoundland; Rodolphe Devillers of the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD); and Maylin Mora Arias and Yareth Ledezma of Cahuita National Park. Description: The Blue Park Standard sets a global benchmark for what effective marine protection requires: strategic design, equitable governance, strong protection, evidence-based management, compliance, and capacity. The reality is that most marine protected areas (MPAs) fall short of that bar. Blue Parks is a global initiative working to improve conservation quality alongside quantity, building a representative, connected network of protection that revitalizes ecosystems and recovers wildlife. The Blue Park Awards uses the Standard to encourage decision-makers to raise the bar, while celebrating and elevating successful conservation efforts worldwide. Join Marine Conservation Institute, members of the Blue Parks Science Council, and awarded Blue Park managers for an in-depth discussion of how this initiative is driving meaningful progress toward strategically protecting at least 30% of the ocean.
Past Webinars
Circulate Capital Ocean Fund: A pioneering, $100M investment fund to prevent ocean plastic
This webinar originally aired on 23 September 2020. Roughly 8 million tons of plastic enter the ocean every year — the equivalent of a garbage…
The impacts of COVID-19 on coastal and marine tourism
This webinar originally aired on 9 September 2020. Presented by: Simon Hudson of the University of South Carolina The COVID-19 pandemic has decreased international tourism…
Working with unlikely stakeholders to prevent marine debris
This webinar originally aired on 2 September 2020. Presented by: Nicole Baker, Founder of Net Your Problem LLC Despite gaps in knowledge about occurrence, sources, transport,…
Investigate Your Ocean Neighborhood with Ocean Reports
This webinar originally aired on 28 July 2020. Understanding ocean areas is critical for natural resource management, offshore energy planning, navigation planning, and aquaculture siting…
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…