Our team of social-ecological systems scholars just published a paper in World Bank Economic Review showing that fishermen’s decisions are shaped by differences in both natural and social environments. We discovered the community with stronger fishing rights exerted more control over fishermen’s decisions than communities with weaker rights, and did so in a way consistent with the impacts of climate […]
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The director of the University of Maine Darling Marine Center says ecosystem-based approaches to restore ocean health provide a flexible framework for marine management and allow scientists and stakeholders to move beyond reactive and piecemeal solutions. “Ecosystem-based management (EBM) accounts for the diverse connections between people and oceans and the trade-offs inherent in managing for […]
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Thank you to the US NSF! This newly funded project is a great example of why federal support for Geosciences and Social Sciences research is so important in order to understand how our dynamic ocean influences local communities, and vice versa. Heather, together with collaborators at Duke University, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, and Stockholm University […]
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Heather, in her role as Director of the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center, will log considerable miles on land and sea Sept. 21–23 to discuss ocean science and ocean stewardship. Read more…
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Thanks to MPBN Maine Calling for a great radio experience last week! If you’d like to learn more about the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center and all that we are celebrating in this 50th anniversary year, our piece is a great one to listen to: http://news.mpbn.net/post/maines-aquaculture-and-50th-anniversary-darling-marine-center
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As of August 1, 2015, I’ve taken on the Directorship of the Darling Marine Center, the University of Maine’s marine lab. I’m thrilled to be back in midcoast Maine and look forward to working with the Center community and our many collaborators to advance marine science, teaching and service on the coast of Maine. You […]
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Former Leslie Lab member Katherine Siegel, now at research assistant with UC Santa Barbara’s Sustainable Fisheries group, authored this personal essay for Heather’s course on engaged environmental scholarship and communication. Read on to learn more about Katherine’s undergraduate research on the human and ecological dimensions of Mexican small-scale fisheries. Arcángel sighed, pulled up his last […]
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Victoria Brown, Class of 2015, authored this essay for Engaged Environmental Communication and Scholarship, the capstone course Prof. Leslie taught as part of the Voss Environmental Fellows Program in Spring 2016. Here, in her own words, Victoria reflects on what engaged scholarship means to her. I walked past rows and rows of women, some sitting in […]
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Loreto, June 2015 This year, 2015, was the first year that the Annual Chocolate Clam Festival in Loreto, Mexico included a bilingual Clam Biology tent as part of the festivities. The tent featured a large diagram of the clam life cycle with interesting facts about chocolate clams, and educational coloring pages for kids. The real […]
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Meeting human needs while sustaining ecosystems and the benefits they provide is a global challenge. Coastal marine systems present a particularly important case, given that >50% of the world’s population lives within 100 km of the coast and fisheries are the primary source of protein for >1 billion people worldwide. Our integrative analysis here yields […]
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