Webinars
Upcoming Webinars
MPA Day 2026: Uniting a Global Community for Ocean Protection
Tuesday, February 10, 10 am US EST/7 am US PST/3 pm UTC/4 pm CET/5 pm EET/5 pm SAST. Presented by: Judy Mann-Lang, Founder of MPA Day, and Katja Laingui, European Coordinator for MPA Day. Description: Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are essential for conserving biodiversity, supporting sustainable livelihoods, and building climate resilience. MPA Day celebrated on August 1 annually is a coordinated global celebration to amplify collective efforts to protect the ocean. This webinar will highlight the evolution of MPA Day and its growing reach as more regions join in celebrating and promoting the value of MPAs. Judy Mann-Lang will discuss the origin of and motivation for MPA Day and its early growth, based on an understanding of the communication principles that underpin effective MPA management and public engagement. Katja Laingui will outline the steps taken to broaden MPA Day outreach into Europe and foster connections with emerging partners worldwide. Together, the speakers will share practical ways organizations and individuals can participate and help the initiative to grow in reach and impact.
Past Webinars
Building the Capacity of MPA Programs Around the Globe
The Office of National Marine Sanctuaries’ MPA Management Capacity Building Program works with 22 countries around the world..
Demonstration of Madrona
Madrona is an open source software framework for creating web-based tools for place-based decision-making. It is based on the idea that one-size-fits-all software solutions…
Demonstration of OpenChannels
Marine Ecosystems and Management (MEAM) and its sister newsletter MPA News have partnered to build a new website to help coastal and marine management and conservation practitioners..
Plastic Innovations and Marine Debris
This webinar explored how two companies’ innovations in plastic manufacturing could help address the problem of persistent ocean plastics in different ways…
Managing Ecosystems, Managing Fisheries: How do EBM and EBFM Relate?
Marine Ecosystems and Management (MEAM) and the EBM Tools Network co-hosted a webinar on March 16, 2009 to discuss…
Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan Use of Decision Support Tools
The Massachusetts Ocean Partnership is developing and applying several tools to support decision making during the implementation of and updates to the…
Decision Guide: Selecting Decision Support Tools for Marine Spatial Planning
As marine spatial planning (MSP) becomes a priority for the United States and other countries around the world, there is a real need to..
Ecosystem Management Decision Support (EMDS)
Ecosystem Management Decision Support (EMDS) is an application framework to help make knowledge-based ecological assessments at a variety of geographic scales….
Lessons from MPA Networking Programs
MPA News and the EBM Tools Network co-hosted a webinar on August 27/28, 2009 to explore lessons learned from MPA networking programs..
Marine Spatial Planning
MPA News and the EBM Tools Network co-hosted a live Web-based seminar on 17 November 2009 to explore marine spatial planning…