Webinars
Upcoming Webinars
Blue Parks: Accelerating Effective Ocean Conservation
Wednesday, July 15, Noon US EDT/9am US PDT/10 am CST/4 pm UTC/5 pm BST/6 pm CEST. Presented by: Sarah Hameed, Jessica MacCarthy, and Leticia de Bonilla of the Marine Conservation Institute; Ratana Chuenpagdee of Memorial University of Newfoundland; Rodolphe Devillers of the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD); and Maylin Mora Arias and Yareth Ledezma of Cahuita National Park. Description: The Blue Park Standard sets a global benchmark for what effective marine protection requires: strategic design, equitable governance, strong protection, evidence-based management, compliance, and capacity. The reality is that most marine protected areas (MPAs) fall short of that bar. Blue Parks is a global initiative working to improve conservation quality alongside quantity, building a representative, connected network of protection that revitalizes ecosystems and recovers wildlife. The Blue Park Awards uses the Standard to encourage decision-makers to raise the bar, while celebrating and elevating successful conservation efforts worldwide. Join Marine Conservation Institute, members of the Blue Parks Science Council, and awarded Blue Park managers for an in-depth discussion of how this initiative is driving meaningful progress toward strategically protecting at least 30% of the ocean.
Past Webinars
Global Ocean Refuge System to Protect Marine Life Worldwide (GLORES)
This webinar originally aired on Mar 13, 2014. Presenter(s): Lance Morgan of Marine Conservation Institute
Monitoring and Evaluation of spatially managed Marine Areas
This webinar originally aired on February 25, 2014. Created by the European Community, the MESMA framework is a step-wise approach to the evaluation and monitoring…
Ecosystem Services Harmonization in Theory and Practice
The scientific community and policy makers recognize marine and coastal ecosystem services (MCES) as extremely important for human survival…
Valuing Ecosystem Services in the Face of Climate Change in North Carolina and Hawaii
To correctly value ecosystem services both today and when considering future climate change and adaptation strategies…
Coastal Resilience 2.0
Coastal Resilience 2.0 is a suite of interactive tools to help decision-makers assess risk and identify nature-based solutions to reduce socio-economic vulnerability to coastal hazards…
MPAs as Sentinel Sites
“Sentinel sites” are areas with the capacity for sustained ocean observations to track environmental change. Within national marine sanctuaries…
Assessing Habitat and Community Sensitivity to Climate Change Impacts
The National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERRS) are uniquely positioned across the U.S. to assess climate change impacts and the sensitivity…
Demonstration of Marin Explore
Making sense of the increasing volume of complex ocean data is a difficult and time-consuming task. Marin explore is a “big data platform” to help offshore industry…
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..