Webinars

Upcoming Webinars

A Sea of Success for Islands: Highlighting Plastic Waste and Pollution Solutions

Wednesday, November 13, 7 am US EST/Noon UTC/1 pm CET [***Webinar will last 1.5 hours***] Presenters: IUCN plastics experts and guest speakers from islands addressing plastic waste. Description: This webinar will focus on island-specific plastic pollution solutions, including tools for understanding plastic waste solutions, economic angles of plastic pollution, case studies, and solutions platforms to generate knowledge exchange for more effective mitigation and prevention of plastic waste and pollution. Just a few of the tools and resources to be covered include the Blueprint to Zero Plastic Waste – a guide to reducing plastic waste on islands – and findings of studies estimating the impacts of marine plastics on the fisheries and tourism sectors and the costs and benefits of implementing a solution (e.g., a national recycling system, with and without regional cooperation) to reduce mismanaged plastic waste and its leakage into the marine environment. Case studies will provide information on what has worked and not worked on islands, including the sustainability of projects.

Assessing the sustainability of coastal tourism: Tools and lessons learned

Thursday, December 12, 9 am US EST/6 am US PST/2 pm UTC/3 pm CET/4 pm EET. Presented by: Ioannis Pappas of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council. Description: The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) establishes and manages global standards for sustainable travel and tourism, known as the GSTC Criteria. The GSTC’s Destination Criteria for public policymakers and destination managers provide basic guidelines for destinations that wish to become more sustainable and offer governments, NGOs, and the private sector a starting point for developing sustainable tourism requirements. This webinar will present the GSTC’s resources for assessing the sustainability of coastal tourism and takeaways from destination assessments in coastal areas, including Heraklion, Corfu, Athens, Dubrovnik, and Kotor.

Past Webinars

Educating the Public about Climate Change Threats Using Role-Play Simulations: The New England Climate Adaptation Project

Role-play simulations are experiential exercises that help community residents and decision-makers learn more about the scientific..

A Guide to Tools for Landscape Conservation Planning

Tribal, agency, conservation organization, and private sector managers are engaged in landscape-scale planning to conserve and sustainably manage natural…

The Baltimore Water Wheel as a solution to ocean plastics

This one-hour webinar answered your questions about how Baltimore’s Inner Harbor Water Wheel works as a debris collection mechanism and whether a similar system might be applicable to watershed cleanup programs elsewhere…

A Cultural Resources Toolkit for MPA Managers

The Cultural Heritage Resources Working Group of the MPA Federal Advisory Committee is creating a virtual toolkit for coastal and MPA managers on cultural resource management

Using Sea Sketch for Collaborative Design of Ocean Management Plans

This webinar originally aired on 25 September 2014. SeaSketch is a platform for collaborative design of science-based ocean management plans, including marine protected areas, transportation…

Marine Wilderness 10+10 Project: Bringing Back the Wild

Marine Wilderness is a powerful vision of functional, healthy and resilient marine life that regenerates populations of wild species interconnected to form productive food webs…

A Climate-Smart Approach to Adaptive Management of North-central California Coast and Ocean Habitats, Species, and Ecosystem Services

The Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Climate-Smart Adaptation Project for the North-central California Coast and Ocean is an effort to integrate adaptive management..