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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Caribbean and Atlantic coral reefs suffered record losses due to extreme heat in 2005. In the most comprehensive assessment of regional coral bleaching, scientists from over 22 countries, including Brown’s Sheila Walsh, report that over 80% of corals bleached and 40% died. These losses are especially alarming because Caribbean corals are already in peril due […]
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Leslie lab member and Brown-MBL PhD student Sarah Corman was awarded the National Park Service’s George Melendez Wright Climate Change Fellowship this summer, to support her regional studies of productivity and phenology of the salt marsh foundation species Spatina alterniflora The goals of this student fellowship program are to support new and innovative research on […]
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