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
Impacts of Sea Level Rise on National Parks
Climate change and sea level rise will challenge National Park efforts to protect natural and cultural resources and to provide visitor access and recreational opportunities.
Webinar on Apps for Marine Conservation
Understanding changes to animal and plant species and their environments is crucial to the long-term well-being of our planet, but current methods for..
New Global Seafloor Geomorphology Map and the Management of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction
This webinar originally aired on October 23, 2013. Presenter(s): Peter Harris of GeoScience Australia, and Jonas Rupp of Conservation International
From Alaska to Patagonia: IUCN Red List of the Continental Ecosystems of the Americas
In 2008, IUCN launched a process for establishing an IUCN Red List of Ecosystems that uses quantitative criteria to categorizing ecosystems..
What Will Adaptation Cost? An Economic Framework for Coastal Community Infrastructure
The new report “What Will Adaptation Cost? An Economic Framework for Coastal Community Infrastructure” provides a framework …
Water Quality Threats to Marine Protected Areas
Learn about two programs to protect the water quality critical to the health and effectiveness of marine protected areas. EPA’s Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Program …
Demonstration of Marine Valuation Databases
Ecosystem services valuation data is abundant, yet often hard to find. This is especially true for the marine world which has seen a proliferation of valuable data …
Drawing the Line: Visualizing global MPA distribution using practical protection categories with MPAtlas.org
Currently, only about 1.8% of the world’s oceans are in MPAs; far less than the 12% of land area that is protected. Of the world’s MPAs,..
Webinar Demonstration of COAST (Coastal Adaptation to Sea level rise Tool)
Many communities are ready to take action to adapt to changing conditions, but may be unsure which actions are good investments.
Citizen Science for Coastal and Marine Environments: Latest Research, Redmap Australia, Reef Watch, and Feral or In Peril
The Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) Tools Network and OpenChannels.org co-hosted this webinar on Citizen Science for Coastal and Marine Environments…