Webinars
Upcoming Webinars
Bringing local communities and sustainable growth opportunities together for sea turtle conservation
Thursday, May 2, 10 am US EDT/7 am US PDT/2 pm UTC/1 pm CVT/3 pm BST/4 pm CEST/4 pm SAST (Cape Town)/8 pm BST (Dhaka). Presented by: Kirsten Fairweather of Project Biodiversity. Description: Project Biodiversity (Projeto Biodiversidade) is a Cabo Verdean NGO that unites local conservation efforts with opportunities for sustainable growth through programs that benefit Cabo Verde’s unique ecosystems and its people. At the heart of Project Biodiversity’s work is the protection and conservation of the loggerhead sea turtle. The archipelago supports one of the world’s largest nesting aggregations of loggerhead sea turtles and the only major nesting area for loggerhead turtles along the eastern Atlantic. Project Biodiversity runs a wide range of programs to protect nesting turtle populations – including running night patrols and drone monitoring of turtle nesting beaches to prevent poaching; providing educational programs to local communities, youth, and tourists; designating Tourist Friendly Hotels; and relocating nests to hatcheries. Join this webinar to learn about the wide range of measures taken to protect Cabo Verde’s sea turtle nesting aggregations, what has worked, what hasn’t worked, and how Project Biodiversity has created sustainable growth opportunities for local communities with this work.
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
Integrated Land-Sea Planning in Puerto Rico
This webinar originally aired on August 2, 2016. Presenter(s): Patrick Crist and Samantha Coccia of NatureServe Click here to view on YouTube
Protecting the high seas through a new marine biodiversity treaty under UNCLOS
This webinar originally aired on July 26, 2016. Presenter(s): MPA Action Alliance Click here to view on YouTube
Demonstration of SituMap Multi-User Mapping Application
This webinar originally aired on July 18, 2016. Presenter(s): Seneca Holland of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and Richard Smith of CartoFusion Technologies Click here to…
Demonstration of Situ Map Multi-User Mapping Application
Presenter(s): Seneca Holland of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and Richard Smith of CartoFusion Technologies Click here to view on Youtube
Alternative Livelihood Opportunities for Coastal Communities in the Eastern Caribbean
This webinar originally aired on June 26, 2016. Presenter(s): ECMMAN- Joan Norville of OECS, Roland Baldeo of Grenada Fisheries Division, and Michael Savarin of Tan…
EDF’s EU Discard Reduction Manual: A Guide for Fishermen, Fishery Managers and Member States
This webinar originally aired on June 25, 2016 Presenter(s): Karly McIlwain and Erik Lindebo of Environmental Defense Fund Click here to view on YouTube
Takeaways from the 13th International Coral Reef Symposium
This webinar originally aired on June 14, 2016. Presenter(s): Paulo Maurin, Jason Philibotte, and Bob Richmond Click her to view on YouTube
Using InVEST for Coastal Zone Management in Belize
This webinar originally aired on June 7, 2016. Presenter(s): Katie Arkema of Stanford University, Chantalle Clarke-Samuels of Belize CZMA, and Gregg Verutes of WWF Click…
A Methodology for Assessing the Vulnerability of Fish and Invertebrates to Climate Change
This webinar originally aired on June 2, 2016. Presenter(s): Wendy Morrison of NOAA Click here to view on YouTube
The View Past Peak Catches: Global Catch Trends in Marine Fisheries
This webinar originally aired on May 17, 2016. Presenter(s): Daniel Pauly and Dirk Zeller of the Sea Around Us and UBC Click here to view…