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
Completing and Using Ecosystem Service Assessment for Decision-Making: An Interdisciplinary Toolkit for Managers
This webinar originally aired on August 15, 2017. Presenter(s): Susan Preston, Environment and Climate Change Canada Click here to view on YouTube
Certification of small-scale fisheries in developing countries: Opportunities and challenges
This webinar originally aired on July 27, 2017. Presenter(s): Blue Solutions Click here to view on YouTube
Bringing finance and conservation together: the Coalition for Private Investment in Conservation
This webinar originally aired on July 25, 2017. Presenter(s): John Tobin-de la Puente, Cornell University Click here to view on YouTube
Green Fins: A tool for reducing the direct impacts of diving and tourism industries
This webinar originally aired on July 13, 2017. Presenter(s): Chloe Harvey of The Reef-World Foundation Click here to view on YouTube
PANORAMA – Solutions for a Healthy Planet webinar: Scaling community-led MPA management
This webinar originally aired on June 28, 2017. Presenter(s): Blue Solutions Click here to view on YouTube
A Coastal Conservation Leadership Program in Washington State
This webinar originally aired on June 8, 2017. Presenter(s): Casey Dennehy of the Surfrider Foundation Click here to view on YouTube
Using US Whistleblower Laws to Fight Illegal Fishing and Marine Pollution and Fund MPAs
This webinar originally aired on June 6, 2017. Presenter(s): Stephen Kohn of the National Whistleblower Center Click here to view on YouTube
Ecological Marine Units: A 3-D Mapping of the Ocean Based on NOAA’s World Ocean Atlas
This webinar originally aired on May 17, 2017. Presenter(s): Dawn Wright of Esri Click here to view on YouTube
The new He’eia National Estuarine Research Reserve
This webinar originally aired on May 11, 2017. Presenter(s): Matthew Chasse of NOAA and Robert Toonen of HIMB Click here to view on YouTube
Using the Ocean Health Index as an Integrated Tool for Implementing EBM and Coastal Management Approaches Globally
This webinar originally aired on May 2, 2017. Presenter(s): Julia Lowndes of NCEAS and Erich Pacheco of Conservation International Click here to view on YouTube