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
The SeaSketch Platform: Tools for Decision-Support and Managing Public Processes
This webinar originally aired on April 25, 2017. Presenter(s): Will McClintock and Grace Goldberg of UCSB Click here to view on YouTube
Capacity shortfalls hindering the performance of MPAs globally
This webinar originally aired on April 20, 2017. Presenter(s): David Gill of Conservation International and George Mason Univ Click here to view on YouTube
Microplastics: What we know and discussion of research needs
This webinar originally aired on April 13, 2017. Presenter(s): Carlie Herring, NOAA Click here to view on YouTube
Drivers and implications of change in global ocean health as demonstrated by the Ocean Health Index
This webinar originally aired on March 14, 2017. Presenter(s): Ben Halpern of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) and Steven Katona of Conservation…
Implications of spatial connectivity and climate change for the design and application of MPAs
This webinar originally aired on March 9, 2017. Presenter(s): Mark Carr of UCSC and Sarah Robinson Click here to view on YouTube
Impact Investing to Fund Marine Conservation
This webinar originally aired on February 22, 2017. Presenter(s): Kelly Wachowicz of Catch Invest Click here to view on YouTube
Debt Conversions to Finance Action on the Blue Economy for Small Island Developing States
This webinar originally aired on February 15, 2017. Presenter(s): Robert Weary of TNC Click here to view on YouTube
Protecting Our Marine Treasures: Sustainable Finance Options for US Marine Protected Areas
This webinar originally aired on February 9, 2017. Presenter(s): Brian Baird and Martha Honey Click here to view on YouTube
Crowdsourcing small-scale fisheries data: A global initiative
This webinar originally aired on January 25, 2017 Presenter(s): Rodolphe Devillers and David Bishop of Memorial University of New foundland Click here to view on…
Making Marine Ecosystem Services Matter
This webinar originally aired on January 19, 2017. Presenter(s): Nicola Beaumont of PML, Esther Wolfs of Wolfs Company, and Samir Rosado of BCZMAI Click here…