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
Addressing marine debris in protected areas: Best practices and examples
This webinar originally aired on 14 January 2021. Marine debris encompasses a wide range of materials of diverse origin, including derelict vessels, fishing gear, plastic…
Developing a financial sustainability assessment tool for Marine Protected Areas
This webinar originally aired on 8 December 2020. Lack of financial resources and staff capacity may limit the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in…
Revolutionizing ocean data to mitigate climate change, overfishing, and pollution
This webinar originally aired on 1 December 2020. Presented by: Annie Brett, University of Florida Levin School of Law Ocean management is often undermined by…
The Clean Currents Coalition: A global collaborative solution to the complex plastics problem
This webinar originally aired on 20 October 2020. Research shows that 80% of the plastic waste that ends up in the ocean comes from land,…
Connecting Our Blue Planet: Building Ecologically Connected Marine Protected Area Networks
This webinar originally aired on 14 October 2020. The interconnectedness of the ocean is one of its defining characteristics. This ability of species and processes…
The effects of climate change in marine spatial planning: pathways and solutions
This webinar originally aired on 1 October 2020. As marine spatial planning (MSP) operates in a changing ocean, properly addressing and integrating climate effects is…
Circulate Capital Ocean Fund: A pioneering, $100M investment fund to prevent ocean plastic
This webinar originally aired on 23 September 2020. Roughly 8 million tons of plastic enter the ocean every year — the equivalent of a garbage…
The impacts of COVID-19 on coastal and marine tourism
This webinar originally aired on 9 September 2020. Presented by: Simon Hudson of the University of South Carolina The COVID-19 pandemic has decreased international tourism…
Working with unlikely stakeholders to prevent marine debris
This webinar originally aired on 2 September 2020. Presented by: Nicole Baker, Founder of Net Your Problem LLC Despite gaps in knowledge about occurrence, sources, transport,…
Investigate Your Ocean Neighborhood with Ocean Reports
This webinar originally aired on 28 July 2020. Understanding ocean areas is critical for natural resource management, offshore energy planning, navigation planning, and aquaculture siting…