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
Planning for 30×30 in the US: Assessing Protection in US Waters
This webinar originally aired on 6 May 2021. Presented by: Mimi D’Iorio of NOAA, Kirsten Grorud-Colvert of Oregon State University, Jennifer Sletten of the Anthropocene Institute,…
The “Why” Behind 30×30: The State of the Science on Marine Protected Area Benefits
This webinar originally aired on 29 April 2021. Presented by: Sara Maxwell of University of Washington, Juan Mayorga of University of California at Santa Barbara and…
The Marine Social Science Network: Promoting understanding of people’s relationship with the sea
This webinar originally aired on 20 April 2021. Presented by: Emma McKinley of Cardiff University The marine social sciences provide us with a diverse range of…
Monitoring marine sanctuary usage with NMS-COUNT
This webinar originally aired on 8 April 2021. Presented by: Robert Burns and Ross Andrew of West Virginia University Visitor use drives change in both ecological…
Shifting MPAs for conservation and fisheries under a changing climate
This webinar originally aired on 23 March 2021. Presented by: Talya ten Brink of NOAA, Tu Nguyen of Ocean Nexus Center, Anne Mook of Nazarbayev…
The climate impacts of offshore bottom trawling: Managing sediment carbon storage in the UK post-Brexit
This webinar originally aired on 16 March 2021. Presented by: Frith Dunkley and Jean-Luc Solandt of the Marine Conservation Society The United Kingdom (UK) left…
Planning Ocean Uses in 3D
This webinar originally aired on 3 March 2021. Presented by: Mimi D’Iorio of the NOAA National Marine Protected Areas Center and Charles Wahle of the NOAA…
Coral reef Eco-evolutionary dynamics: Adaptation and connectivity in MPA networks under future climate change
This webinar originally aired on 25 February 2021. Presented by: Helen Fox of Coral Reef Alliance, Lisa McManus of University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and…
Building a State Plan to Monitor and Assess Marine Litter: Lessons Learned
This webinar originally aired on 9 February 2021. Presented by: Carla Elliff, Mariana M. de Andrade, Natalia M. Grilli, and Vitória Scrich of the Oceanographic Institute of the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Marine litter monitoring programs are essential to determining and promoting feasible and effective actions to combat marine litter.
How to do science so it influences marine policy and management: A panel discussion
This webinar originally aired on 28 January 2021. Moderator/panelists: Jon Fisher of The Pew Charitable Trusts (moderator), Yoshitaka Ota of the University of Washington (panelist),…