Webinars
Upcoming Webinars
Designing and delivering carbon and biodiversity credit schemes to benefit MPA managers, indigenous peoples and local communities
Wednesday, May 22, 11 am US EDT/8 am US PDT/3 pm UTC/4 pm BST. Presented by: Julian Clifton of the University of Lincoln. Description: Carbon and biodiversity credit schemes (often collectively referred to as ‘nature-based solutions’) are increasingly highlighted as a means to deliver on global biodiversity and climate change targets. The total size of the nature-based solutions market is projected to reach around $200 billion by 2050, representing a significant means to address the growing gap in conservation financing in protected areas worldwide. It is imperative, however, to ensure that the design and delivery of monetary or non-monetary benefits (termed co-benefits) arising from such credit schemes involve relevant resource users, including indigenous peoples, on an equitable and just basis. This webinar will introduce the current landscape of biodiversity and credit schemes, identifying the main actors and processes involved. The webinar will identify a suite of principles and criteria which provide a framework for managers and communities within protected areas to evaluate the impacts of credit schemes on local resource users and ensure that co-benefits are tailored to the local social, cultural, political and environmental context. The role of MPA managers as intermediaries in scheme design and implementation will also be highlighted. It is hoped that this webinar will enable MPA managers to work alongside resource users in the co-design and implementation of nature-based solutions schemes to facilitate the long term delivery of appropriate co-benefits to MPAs and their resident communities.
The role of marine protected areas in providing ecosystem services to improve ocean and human health
Thursday, June 20, 10 am US EDT/7 am US PDT/2 pm UTC/3 pm BST/4 pm CEST. Presented by: Gillian Ainsworth of University of Santiago de Compostela. Description: Marine protected areas (MPAs) are key management tools that contribute to the conservation of marine ecosystems worldwide, increasing the ecosystem services that nature provides to people. These ecosystem services include the release of oxygen, leisure opportunities, cultural inspiration, and the provision of food and medicines that improve the health and well-being of millions of people. In this talk we explain how natural processes and components in MPAs are valued by different groups of people and how we can maximize their effectiveness and avoid negative socio-economic effects such as social conflicts and inequitable distribution of benefits. We recommend that the MPA creation and management decision-making include the collection and integration of interdisciplinary data. This data can be used to develop pluralistic methods of valuation and foster social equity by involving local stakeholders.
Past Webinars
An Introduction to Business Planning for Protected Areas
This webinar originally aired on November 9, 2017. Presenter(s): Andrew Rylance from the GOS-UNDP-GEF Programme Coordination Unit Click here to view on YouTube
Sharing the MPA energy from IMPAC4: Highlights and recommendations from the conference
This webinar originally aired on November 2, 2017. Presenter(s): Lauren Wenzel and Dan Laffoley Click here to view on YouTube
Tipping Points: Resources and Guidance for Managing a Changing Ocean
This webinar originally aired on October 19, 2017. presenter(s): Ocean Tipping Points Collaborative Click to view on YouTube
Product circularity and the hidden economic opportunities of discarded fishing nets and ropes
This webinar originally aired on October 5, 2017. Presenter(s): Martin Charter, Centre for Sustainable Design at the University for the Creative Arts Click here to…
Accelerating the solutions to ocean plastic – Trends and lessons from five years of the Marine Plastics Innovation Challenge
This webinar originally aired on September 28, 2017. Presenter(s): Anne Warner and Daniella Russo, Think Beyond Plastic Click here to view on YouTube
A General Approach and Tool to Evaluate the Effectiveness of No-Take Marine Reserves
This webinar originally aired on September 20, 2017. Presenter(s): Juan Carlos Villasenor-Derbez, UCSB Click here to view on YouTube
Satellite tracking sharks and fishing vessels to assess a remote MPA
This webinar originally aired on September 14, 2017. Presenter(s): Tim White of Stanford University Click here to view on YouTube
Identification of Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Indicators Using an Ecological Resilience Framework
This webinar originally aired on August 29, 2017. Presenter(s): Kathy Goodin of NatureServe Click here to view on YouTube
PANORAMA – Solutions for a Healthy Planet webinar: Do Data or Desires Drive Marine Spatial Planning?
This webinar originally aired on August 28, 2017. Presenter(s): Tundi Agardy, Jon Day, Michelle Portman Click here to view on YouTube