November 2, 2011 This week I find myself in the final location of my trip: Sinaloa. To learn more about the artisanal shrimp fishery here, today I woke up at 4am to experience a day in life of a shrimp fisherman on the Bay of Santa María. This was the last day of shrimp fishing […]
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October 24, 2011 Day 14. I’m about halfway through my first research trip here in Mexico’s Gulf of California. As an environmental anthropologist, I am interested in how people (scientists, managers, fishermen, and fishing cooperatives) understand and respond to changing conditions in their fisheries. Fisheries management in the Gulf varies a great deal by species […]
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On October 5, 2011, three members of our group – Marcy Cockrell, Kara Woo, and Bridgette Black – attended the second annual research conference held by the Research Association for Research on the Gulf of Maine (RARGOM) in Portsmouth, NH. The major theme for the conference was “The nexus between climate change and marine spatial […]
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Functioning coastal and marine ecosystems produce a wide array of benefits to society, including food production, protection from coastal storms, and opportunities for recreation and tourism. Stewardship to ensure continued provision of these benefits requires understanding the connections between ecosystems and the people who are part of them. Brown junior faculty Heather Leslie and Sri Nagavarpu […]
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Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability Fellows NSF recently announced a new fellowship program dedicated specifically to sustainability research and training, known as the SEES Fellows program. The program seeks to address near term sustainability workforce needs by reducing institutional barriers to interdisciplinary research relating to sustainability and giving early career researchers an opportunity to […]
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See http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/01/24/open-comments-ntl-ocean-policy-strategic-action-plans for more information. The 9 priority objectives of the NOP can be divided into two categories: “How we do business” and “ Special Emphasis”. The first includes Ecosystem-Based Management, Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning, Inform Decisions and Improve Understanding, Coordination and Support, and Ocean Coastal and Great Lakes Observations Mapping and Infrastructure. The […]
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On Monday, June 27 in Exeter, NH the National Ocean Council (NOC) held a regional listening session to solicit feedback regarding the nine priority objectives of the developing National Ocean Policy (NOP), along with the outlines of the related strategic action plans. For more information on these SAPs click here. Read more… The National Ocean […]
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Courtney Mattison’s thesis project was featured in the News section of Science magazine earlier this spring (pdf, p. 4). Mattison, a master’s candidate in environmental studies with an ecology and arts background and member of the Leslie Lab, created a ceramic wall installation modeling a Pacific coral reef for her Masters thesis. During remarks at the […]
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Read a recent interview with former Leslie Lab postdoc Sheila Walsh. Sheila’s now an ecosystem-services analyst on The Nature Conservancy’s Analysis Team in Central Science and talks with the interviewer about her emerging research and science application work on ecosystem services. Nice work, Sheila! http://www.conservationgateway.org/news/sheila-walsh-ecosystem-services-biodiversity-dow-collaboration
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A team of experts led by Brown University has a plan to advance President Obama’s directive to manage the nation’s waters better. In a paper in Conservation Letters, Leila Sievanen and Heather Leslie – along with a number of other natural and social scientists – offer several recommendations based on a two-year investigation of marine management efforts […]
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