Webinars
Upcoming Webinars
Recent developments in the sustainable management of marine resources
Tuesday, July 8, 11 am US EDT/8 am US PDT/3 pm UTC/4 pm BST/5 pm CEST. Presented by: Mike Elliott of International Estuarine & Coastal Specialists (IECS) Ltd., and the School of Environmental and Life Sciences, The University of Hull (Emeritus Professor). Description: This webinar will present and explain cause-consequence-response frameworks and the way these relate to managing marine, coastal and estuarine areas. It will then show the importance of determining the footprints of activities, pressures, and natural and human effects and assessing cumulative effects. Following this, it will consider the footprints of management responses and will demonstrate horizontal management across sectors and vertical management from the local to the global and vice versa. It will look at the importance of transboundary implications of marine management, considering connectivity, coherence, and equivalence. Finally, it will consider the way in which success in marine management is measured, including indicators of success. Examples from Europe and North America will be used, but the topics are relevant to marine areas worldwide.
Identifying and Prioritizing a Portfolio of Marine and Coastal Conservation Finance Solutions
Wednesday, August 20, 1 pm US EDT/10 am US PDT/5 pm UTC. Presenters: David Meyers of the Conservation Finance Alliance, John Bohorquez of the Blue Economy Solutions Lab and the Conservation Finance Alliance, and Jos Hill of the Conservation Finance Alliance Marine & Coastal Working Group. Description: Coastal and marine ecosystem management and governance institutions face a wide array of choices when it comes to conservation finance mechanisms. A new tool provides a systematic method for brainstorming, defining, and prioritizing suitable finance solutions. This approach is rooted in the definition of conservation finance as “mechanisms and strategies that generate, manage, and deploy financial resources and align incentives to achieve nature conservation outcomes.” In most cases, consistent and adequate funding is a critical but insufficient component of a project’s conservation finance portfolio. This approach seeks to take the practitioner through a range of perspectives to generate ideas on how to solve their conservation challenges and respond to opportunities. The idea generation phase is followed by a prioritization approach adapted from the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN). This webinar will walk attendees through the tool approach and its use.
Changing human behavior to secure conservation outcomes
Tuesday, September 16, 10 am US EDT/7 am US PDT/2 pm UTC/3 pm BST/4 pm CEST. Presented by: Laura Perry of Castlerock Conservation and the IUCN SSC CEC Behavior Change Task Force. Description: Conservation behavior change is a nascent discipline, but one which has great applicability to many of today’s conservation challenges. By using lessons drawn from social psychology, behavioral economics, and healthcare interventions, this approach has huge potential to shape human behavior and ultimately secure conservation outcomes. In this talk, we will explore the fundamentals of behavior change and how an array of techniques can be used to change human behavior. Touching on examples from across conservation, we will discuss how these approaches can add value to a conservation program, how practitioners can go about involving behavior change in their work, and the relevance of behavior change approaches to conservation translocations.
Past Webinars
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…
Demonstrating Relevance: Applying Lessons on Management Effectiveness at Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary
This webinar originally aired on December 8, 2016. Presenter(s): Sarah Fangman of NOAA Click here to view on YouTube
Progress on establishing protected areas in the Southern Ocean: the Ross Sea region MPA
This webinar originally aired on December 1, 2016. Presenter(s): Mi Ae Kim of NOAA Click here to view on YouTube
Microfibers: The Next Frontier of Plastic Pollution and the Search for a Solution
This webinar originally aired on November 15, 2016. Presenter(s): Elissa Loughman of Patagonia, Bess Ruff of Bren School, and Angela Howe of Surfrider Click here…